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World must help Tamil victims of Sri-Lankan war against LTTE  

Ottawa – June 29, 2009:  The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) calls upon the world community and specifically the United Nations and the governments of Canada, the United States and U.K. to take timely and effective actions to put an end to the suffering of the innocent Tamil people of Sri Lanka who, after three decades of hardship resulting from a conflict between LTTE and the state, are now displaced from their homes. Read more ......

Sikhs Salute Tarlochan Singh, MP for Voicing Community Issues in Indian Parliament 

Ottawa – June 27, 2009:  The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) commends the courageous political initiative of Tarlochan Singh, independent member of India’s parliament for calling a ‘spade a spade’ and asking, for the first time ever, an apology of genocidal crimes and restoration of collective self-esteem of India’s twenty million Sikhs. Read more....

What is the WSO?

The World Sikh Organization (WSO) is a non-profit international umbrella organization with a mandate to promote and protect the interests of the Sikh Diaspora, as well as to promote and advocate for the protection of human rights for all individuals, irrespective of race, religion, gender, ethnicity, and social and economic status. read more

The WSO has been actively involved in addressing major social issues in Canada since 1984. As part of this involvement, and with the view to fostering better understanding and accommodation of all peoples, read more

The World Sikh Organization reaches out to protect Sikh interests around the world and has been instrumental in the acceptance of the Sikh Religious Articles of Faith in many parts of the world, provides legal assistance in a vast array of cases involving discrimination against Sikhs, WSO's Intervention and assistance has been crucial to landmark decisions in the judiciary, supports educational and economic initiative by Sikhs around the world read more

Sikhism is the fifth largest world religion with over 25 million devotees worldwide. It is a monotheistic religion founded in 1469, by Guru Nanak. It holds as its basic tenets, the equality of mankind, the equality of men and women, and the fundamental equality of all religions. Guru Nanak rejected idolatry and the caste system, and taught that there is a universal, genderless and formless God, who is accessible equally to all, irrespective of their race or religion. read more

The five articles of faith inherent to the identity of a Sikh are commonly known as the five kakaar’s, or five k’s. An amritdhari Sikh (a practicing Sikh who has been initiated into the religion) is required to keep them on his/her person at all times. Each of the five k’s represents different aspects of the belief system of the Sikhs. They are the primary means of identifying a practicing Sikh, and are to be kept by both men and women. read more

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