Paul David Numrich is a professor of world religions and interreligious relations at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio . He was also the co-director of the Religion, Immigration and Civil Society in Chicago Project. He is co-author of Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs in America. He is the author of “Marriage, Family and Health in Selected World Religions: Different […]

Armadeep Singh is co-founder of the Sikh Coalition, an amalgam of groups representing the nation’s Sikhs. The group was founded after the attacks of Sept. 11 when Sikhs became objects of suspicion at airports and elsewhere.

The Council of Khalistan is a lobbying group based in Washington, D.C. that wants to establish a separate Sikh homeland in India. Gurmit Singh Aulakh is the Council’s president. Contact through the website.

The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund is the oldest Sikh American civil rights, advocacy and educational organization. SALDEF works to empower Sikh Americans through advocacy, education and media relations.

The Sikh Coalition in New York is an advocacy group established by several Sikh groups across the United States after the 9/11 attacks to help protect Sikh civil rights.

Selected data from Freedom House’s  annual survey of political rights and civil liberties.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has an official website with resources on beliefs and practices, missions and statements on the livelihood of practitioners and members. The website has a page with links to the church’s official statements on birth control, human rights, climate change and more than 100 other aspects of debate and culture.