SMART meets with Attorney General Ashcroft
Washington, DC – Attorney General John Ashcroft met with SMART and representatives of other Arab and Muslim American civil...
SMART Welcomes Senate Approval of Strengthened Hate Crimes Legislation
Washington, DC – SMART today applauded the Senate for approving the Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act (LLEEA) as an...
SMART Concerned about Possible Hate Crimes Following Saudi Arabia Murder
Organization Expresses Condolences, Encourages Community to Exercise Caution Washington, DC — Following news reports that Paul M. Johnson, Jr....
Sikh American New York City Subway Train Operator Re-instated with Turban
SMART Encourages Passage of Pending Federal ‘Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA)’ Washington, DC – The New York City Metropolitan...
SMART Meets with FBI Director, Pushes Outreach and Training
Washington, DC – Representatives from the Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force (SMART) again met with FBI Director Robert...
Second Shooting at Northern California Gurdwara Being Investigated By Law Enforcement
SMART Notifies FBI, Coordinating Local Response Fairfield, CA – Following the second shooting in the last two weeks at...
SMART Praises DOJ for Upholding Students’ Religious Freedom
Washington, DC – The Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force (SMART) welcomed the announcement this week that a Muslim...
Educational Testing Service Apologizes to Sikh Woman; Agrees to Issue Guidelines Regarding Religiously Mandated Head-Coverings
SMART Encourages Community to Report Incidents, Exercise Their Rights Washington, DC – Following an incident where a Sikh woman...
SMART Applauds DOJ for Protecting Student’s Religious Rights
Action Upholds American Citizens’ Right to Religious Freedom Washington, DC – The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced yesterday that...
Racist Graffiti Spray Painted on Sikh Gurdwara in Fresno
SMART Notifies FBI, Monitoring Fresno Police Investigation Fresno, CA – The Sikh Association of Fresno Gurdwara (place of worship)...