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Diwali 2012
By
Reed Hall
Today (November 13, 2012) marks the first day of a major five-day religious festival — in fact, the largest and single most important holiday on the Hindu religious calendar. Observed in India and beyond not only by Hindus but also by Jains, Sikhs, and even some Buddhists, Diwali (“festival of lights”) is characteristically celebrated by…
What Is Sikhism?
By
Reed Hall
Sadly, another mass shooting has been in the news recently — this one occurring not in a Colorado movie theater, but in a Wisconsin house of worship. A gunman identified as Wade Michael Page entered a Sikh temple (technically known as a gurdwara) in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek and opened fire, killing six…
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