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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cbsa-allowed-religious-travellers-to-avoid-female-guards-1.2730402 Canada Border Services Agency managers at Toronto's Pearson airport allowed a small group of Hindu priests to avoid screening by female border guards to comply with their religious beliefs, CBC News has learned. A CBSA officer, outraged that such a request would be considered, spoke exclusively to CBC News about what happened at Pearson's Terminal 3 on the evening of Monday, July 28. Fearing she could be disciplined for speaking out, the officer spoke on the condition that her name and identity be withheld. The officer said she and her colleagues — whose job involves screening passengers for entry into Canada after they arrive on international flights — were told before their shift not to switch work stations with other officers without first asking a supervisor. "The reason given was that there were five individuals coming in who had requested only to be served by male officers," said the CBSA officer in an exclusive interview with CBC's Nil Koksal. The five male travellers who made the request to CBSA are Hindu priests, called sadhus. Sadhus follow a strict lifestyle that requires them to avoid any contact with women. Customs worker and local union president Mark Weber said many of his members are 'furious' that a group of travellers were allowed to avoid female border guards for religious reasons. (CBC ) When CBSA officers on shift that night asked their managers why the group's request was being accommodated, they were told the men were not allowed to have contact with women for religious reasons. The CBSA officer told CBC News that managers took steps to ensure the sadhus were processed separately and were only interviewed by male officers. 'Everybody is upset' CBSA officer saysThe officer said she and her colleagues are outraged such a request would be considered by CBSA management. "Everybody is upset that this request was even entertained by the CBSA," she said. "People are saying 'What is next? If white supremacists come through, do we move all non-white officers from the line?'" The officer said granting such a request could undermine border guards' efforts to prevent criminals, terrorists and illegal immigrants from entering the country. "The nature of the request is offensive to me as a woman," she said. "You are a guest in my country. What do you mean you don't want to deal with me because I'm a woman? We are considered law enforcement officers. I can't imagine any police force entertaining something like that." Customs worker and local union president Mark Weber said he's received complaints from members across the country about the incident at Pearson. "This has turned into a big issue for a lot of people," he said. Weber also said he was personally involved in an almost identical incident four years ago. Weber said his union is considering making a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission and wants a meeting with CBSA managers to clarify the policy regarding such requests. CBC News put questions about the incident to federal Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, whose office is responsible for CBSA. A spokesman for Blaney said "we expect the CBSA to apply the same rules to all persons seeking entry to Canada." The spokesman also said the minister "has asked the CBSA to investigate these allegations and act accordingly." The spokesman added that CBSA does not comment on how individual passengers are processed. The CBSA officer speaking out said many of her colleagues — both male and female — are angry about the incident but afraid to speak out. She said CBSA's code of conduct forbids officers from speaking to the media without approval from management. "People are very, very scared for their jobs," she said. "I had to think long and hard before I [came forward] because I hope to have a long career in front of me with many more years to go. I will not have one if they find out who I am."

This is not first time this has happened: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ultraorthodox-jews-cause-11hour-long-nightmare-on-board-flight-to-israel-9756899.html Ultra-Orthodox Jews cause '11-hour long nightmare' on board flight to Israel The Haredi passengers delayed the flight by refusing to sit next to women LOULLA-MAE ELEFTHERIOU-SMITH Friday 26 September 2014 22KPRINTA A AA flight from New York to Tel-Aviv descended into an “11-hour long nightmare” after ultra-orthodox Jewish passengers on board refused to sit next to women, delaying take-off and causing further disruption during the flight. On Wednesday, the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the El Al flight to Israel was carrying a large number of ultra-Orthodox Jews intending to celebrate the Jewish New Year in Israel, alongside a number of secular Jews. But the flight did not take off on time, according to Shalom Life, after a group of Haredi Jewish passengers refused to sit next to women, believing that men and women should be segregated. “People stood in the aisles and refused to go forward,” a passenger on board the flight, Amit Ben-Natan, told the publication. “Although everyone had tickets with seat numbers that they purchased in advance, they asked us to trade seats with them, and even offered to pay money, since they cannot sit next to a woman. It was obvious that the plane won’t take off as long as they’re standing in the aisles,” he said. The Haredi passengers agreed to sit in their assigned seats for take-off, but one passenger described the overall experience as an “11-hour long nightmare,” referring to the difficulty before take-off and the ensuing disturbances on board, caused by the Haredi passengers “jumping out” of their seats when the fasten-seatbelt sign was switched off. The airline said that “El Al does everything it can to give its passengers the best possible service all year-round. “These days bring with them a peak in air traffic to Israel, and our crews on the ground and in the air are doing the best they can to address the needs and requests of all our travellers while trying not to fall behind schedule.” In the UK, the ultra-Orthadox Jewish community in London has come under criticism in the streets of Stamford Hill, north London, after signs requesting women to walk on a certain side of the street were erected, promoting segregation for a Torah parade. The posters were deemed “unacceptable” by Stamford Hill’s council and were removed. Further posters, erected by a local film-maker, stating “women, please feel free to walk wherever you want… it’s 2014”, were later recorded being removed by members of the Haredi community.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/porter-airlines-seat-change-may-have-been-sparked-by-religious-accommodation-says-passenger-1.3171114 A former Halifax chef wants an apology from Porter Airlines, alleging she was asked to move from her seat to accommodate a man who did not want to sit beside a woman for religious reasons. Christine Flynn, 31, said she was buckled in and waiting for Porter Airlines Flight 121 from Newark, N.J. to Toronto to take off early on Monday morning when an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man approached. Christine Flynn believes she was asked to move from her assigned seat on a Porter Airlines flight because the man sitting next to her, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, did not want to sit next to a woman. She said the man did not speak to her directly or make eye contact. (CBC) "He came down the aisle, he didn't actually look at me … or make eye contact. He turned to the gentleman across the aisle and said, 'Change.'" Flynn said she was confused at first, wondering why the man was speaking to the other passenger and gesturing toward her. The man didn't speak to her directly, but Flynn said it's clear to her that he didn't want to sit next to her because she's a woman. Flynn said she might have been willing to accommodate the man had he spoken to her directly and politely asked her to switch seats. She admits language may have been a factor — saying his English "wasn't terrific" — but said his refusal to even make eye contact was offensive. "He could have made a plan, he could have put in a request," Flynn said in an interview Wednesday on CBC Radio's Metro Morning. "When someone doesn't look at you, and when someone doesn't acknowledge you as person because of your gender, you're a lot less willing to be accommodating. "Leaving it to the last minute and expecting me to move is appalling. He's expecting me to fall in to that archetypical feminine role and acquiesce." 'This is ridiculous'When the first passenger refused to switch seats, the man then asked another passenger in the row behind to switch with her, she said. Finally, she said, a flight attendant approached and asked if there was a problem. "I said, 'This man is refusing to sit next to me because I am a woman.' At that point, another man behind ... offered to switch with me and the airline attendant said, 'Would you be willing to move? and I said, 'Absolutely not. This is ridiculous,'" she said. "I was without words." Eventually the man was seated next to another male passenger and the flight departed. Religion 'rarely' a factor Flynn says she's frustrated she was asked to move and upset others on the flight were willing to help the man. "I have a problem with that. He [the flight attendant] probably, maybe, didn't realize that asking a woman to move because the fact she had a uterus made the man next to her uncomfortable ... I don't think he even would have put it together that that's kind of insulting and maybe even discriminatory," she said. "If someone had refused to sit next to me because I was gay and maybe they were some kind of old-school religion that doesn't like gay people no one would have switched with him. It would have been off the table," she said. Porter Airlines spokesman Brad Cicero confirmed that the situation occurred but said the flight attendant "did his best to manage the situation as efficiently and reasonably as possible in order to avoid an unnecessary delay." Porter does its best to accommodate seating preferences, he said in an email Tuesday. "Most often, this involves families wanting to sit near each other, or something as simple as a passenger preferring a window seat. Religious preferences are very rarely a factor." He said because the flight was almost full, there were limited options to move anyone. Other passengers asked to assist"Only a few seats were available, and no row was entirely unoccupied," Cicero said. "The flight attendant politely asked Ms. Flynn if she would be able to change seats. She declined, so the flight attendant began asking other passengers if they would be willing to assist. Someone did agree to move and it was not perceived to be a particularly contentious situation by the flight attendant." Flynn said she hopes to hear from the airline. "I'd like an apology," Flynn said. "There really should be a policy around this. If people are going to get on flights and demand that they sit next to someone of the same sex, there should be an area where they can go. I should not have to move because someone has a problem with my uterus." According to an April 9 article in the New York Times, conflicts between ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and female passengers on flights are becoming more common, with several flights from New York to Israel being delayed or disrupted over the past year.

Lets talk about more deeply about this subject of farla? 1. Did all misal jathedars had farla? 2. is farla or farladhari even more chivalrous than saropa or panj pyares? 3. What's the daily nitneem of farladhari jathedar singh or singh? whats are key guidelines? 4. Can one be fellow singh and still have farla or jathedari or farlaship goes hand in hand? 5. What are decisions farladhari can make ?

Rise of status of dasam Granth under approval for clean up be back shortly

I understand many sant groups - such as taksal, rara sahib, harkhowale, nanaksar, akj, 3ho refrain from eating meat or meat is not allowed but what they do go against eggs? I never really understood even to this day especially eggs here are free range. I think there is bit of vaishanv influence of sikhi thought when it comes to diet, physical interaction, there is no question about it all this overtly hyper sensitive/superstitious issues on even eggs. I put a question to most hard core anti egg eating/ veggie followers, how exactly being so ultra paranoid about this makes us "Khatri ko put ho bhramin ko nahi " - Amrit bachan by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Maharaj.

Author: Akali Kamalroop Singh Thirteen reforms of Panch Khalsa Diwan: 1. Changed the manglacharans or ‘invocations’ in the AG. 2. Removed the Bhagat bāṇī from the AG. 3. Removed the Bhaṭṭāṅ de Svaiye from the AG. 4. Removed the Rāgamālā from the end of the AG as they believed that the AG is complete at Muṅdavaṇī. 5. Removed most of verses of DG to about 75/1428 pages. As the other portions were by ‘Hindu Court-poets’ as it is ‘Mukhvāk Darbārī.’ 6. Modification of the Sikh Ardās from Pritham Bhagautī to Pritham Satināmu. 7. Removed the Hikāitāṅ from the Zafarnāmah. 8. Edited some parts of Bhai Gurdas’s works. 9. Removed the final verses of the Chaupaī Sāhib. 10. Called for the creation of a fifth physical Takht at their village Bhasaur. 11. Created a joint version of the edited AG and DG. 12. Changed the Keshkī or ‘under Turban’ into a Kakkār. 13. Changed the Vikramī Saṅmat Sikh Calendar. (See Teja Singh, Khālsā Rahit Prakāsh, (Bhasaur: Panch Khalsa Divan, 1917)

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Can someone who has a membership on http://www.panjabdigilib.org post key books titles on sikh history, gurmat, gurbani, spirituality for sangat in this thread. How do we get access to it? Do we need full year membership?

Can we invite singhs who do panj pyares di seva on this forum? for sangat and questions / answers, counselling. I am in the strong opinion singhs who is doing panj pyares di seva have now became part time more symbolic gesture than pure live in motion pure functional tyar bar tyar khalsa- panj pyares who is steady fast / readily always who provides assistance to sangat where it requires. So can anyone invite panj pyares on this forum? I am sure there is youth singhs in UK/Canada/USA who is doing panj pyares di seva. We be honored to have them

As mentioned in announcement, chat feature on Sikhawareness is fully functional now. Should we keep chat gate open 24/7 or have schedule few hours windows every day where chat feature is available? It's up to you guys. Please let me know either way?

Just sharing an incredibly powerful insight in meditation just earlier today, hopefully it may help if anyone struggling with lot of thoughts in mind or conditioned mind keep coming back in meditation- Consider bhramgyan-gyan of truth/bhram is inherently present in everyone and every moment with that kind perception, sit in meditation feel all mind thoughts, one conditioned self (personal egoic self- sense of beingness- conditioned I), body, mind is been swallowed alive/eaten alive by fire -destructive force of bhramgyan-truth (known as bhramgyan parloa), keep repeating this felt sense until surat (consciousness) gets spontaneously automatically drawn to - what remains ? Only truth pure bhram- awareness -JOT Abide there, you will feel your true sense of our undivided atma (pure jot- knowledge of knowledge/ pure awareness of awareness). Personally speaking, this is incredibly powerful meditaiton.. intensity was too much i had to get up after 30 minutes after i felt mind is going to blow. If it helps you can also use the video below and use rain as cleansing of surat - consciousness thunder/ howling wind as pointer towards bhramgyan parloa- shallowing destructive force of bhramgyan/truth. Enjoy...!!

Girl destroys feminism in 3 minutes

Dr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations - excellent video on british colonialism in India ...please discuss !!

There is no way they can seperate from chaupi sahib and charitaropkyan as its part of each other other. One wants to reject charitaropkyan they automatically reject chaupi sahib as well as its chaupi sahib over lays on charitaropkyan

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My wife doesn't bow down to me nor I ask her.. Does that mean she is affected by feminism?