: an adherent of a monotheistic religion of India founded about 1500 by Guru Nānak and marked by rejection of idolatry and caste
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Rob Gillies, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Other founders of Poway Interfaith include leaders from the Baha’is of Poway, the Community Church of Poway, the Sikh Foundation of San Diego and Chinmaya Mission San Diego.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
Rob Gillies, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Delhi was the target of blasts during the 1980s and 1990s, with public places such as bus stations and crowded market areas hit in attacks blamed on Islamist militants or on separatists from the northern Sikh state of Punjab.
—Shivam Patel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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Relations between Canada and India have been strained since Canadian police accused New Delhi of playing a role in the June 2023 assassination of a Canadian Sikh activist near Vancouver.
—Rob Gillies, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Other founders of Poway Interfaith include leaders from the Baha’is of Poway, the Community Church of Poway, the Sikh Foundation of San Diego and Chinmaya Mission San Diego.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
Adjective
In 2023, Ottawa suspended trade talks after going public with allegations from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that the Indian government was behind an assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
—Rob Gillies, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Delhi was the target of blasts during the 1980s and 1990s, with public places such as bus stations and crowded market areas hit in attacks blamed on Islamist militants or on separatists from the northern Sikh state of Punjab.
—Shivam Patel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Sikh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sikh. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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