Avtar Singh Dhaliwal was associate professor of plastic surgery at East Tennessee State University College of Medicine in Johnson City, Tenn. He spoke on a panel about “Pathways to Peace in Sikhism” at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona in July 2004.

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.

Judaism is among the world’s oldest religions, emerging in the Middle East more than 4,000 years ago. Like most world religions, it is not frozen in form but is constantly affected by the times in which its followers live. This resource provides journalists with background information on Judaism and a brief guide to covering Jews in […]

With nearly one billion followers, Hinduism constitutes the third-largest religious community in the world.  Most Hindus reside in India, but there are robust diaspora populations, including in the United States.  This guide provides journalists with background information on Hindu traditions and a brief guide to covering them in the U.S.

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