(RNS) — 'I hope my example helps provide a different vision of what it means to be a Muslim woman in America today,' she says.
Author - Simran Jeet Singh
Simran Jeet Singh is a scholar of religion currently based at NYU’s Center for Religion and Media. He is also senior religion fellow for the Sikh Coalition.
(RNS) — Why do Sikhs like me challenge anti-Muslim hate when our religion is completely distinct? The answer starts with fairness but extends to our...
(RNS) — It’s not always easy to dismiss others’ fears, even if you are not really the thing they are scared of.
(RNS) — How can people trust their own government when its leaders have been involved in mass atrocities and crimes against humanity?
RNS asked some of the country’s top faith leaders, scholars and activists to consider what changes the religion landscape will see in 2019. Find all their...
(RNS) — When the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association prohibited him from competing because of his beard, this Sikh athlete decided to fight to change the rules.
(RNS) — If Congress is guilty of maintaining outdated policies that infringe on religious freedoms, how can Americans expect to change these discriminatory...
(RNS) — When so many Sikhs have given up so much to honor their own identities, it’s hard for me to imagine cutting my beard for something so trivial as a...
(RNS) — The official statistics reflect a climate of growing hate that is emboldened and indeed enacted by those at the top.
(RNS) A recent Dear Abby advice column on choosing a baby name got it all wrong by discouraging diversity in favor of conformity, all in a mistaken notion of...
(RNS) — Those with brown skin know that those who don’t experience racism have a hard time relating to it, a feeling we call 'white privilege.' But the...
(RNS) — Ridding our justice systems of those most prone to perpetuating injustice tells marginalized communities that they can trust the people.
(The Conversation) — More than 500,000 Sikh Americans face a growing amount of hate crimes, mainly from ignorance. A Sikh scholar explains the tenets and...
(RNS) — We asked Simran Jeet Singh, a senior religion fellow for the Sikh Coalition, to consider what 2018 will mean for religion.
(RNS) In our modern world, “terrorist” is a racially coded word we have reserved primarily for describing Muslims engaged in acts of violence.