Editing Sikhs (section)

== Diaspora ==
[[File:Simon_King_Sikh_Sikhi_Nagar_Kirtan_Convoy.jpg|thumb|[[Nagar kirtan]] convoy passing over the bridge along Northern Relief Road (A124) in East London]]

As Sikhs wear [[turban]]s and keep beards, Sikh men in [[Western world|Western]] countries have been mistaken for [[Muslim]], [[Arabs|Arab]] and/or [[Afghans|Afghan]] since the [[September 11 attacks]] and the [[Iraq War]].<ref name="attacks1">{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/gen.hate.crimes/|title=Hate crime reports up in wake of terrorist attacks|date=17 September 2001|work=US News|access-date=4 April 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415215239/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/gen.hate.crimes/|archive-date=15 April 2008|publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="attacks2">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6117820.stm|title=Sikhs Urging Action on Faith Hate|date=5 November 2006|work=UK News|access-date=4 April 2008|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> Several days after the 9/11 attacks, [[Sikhism in the United States|Sikh-American]] gas station owner [[Balbir Singh Sodhi]] was murdered in [[Arizona]] by a man who took Sodhi to be a member of [[al-Qaeda]], marking the first recorded hate-crime in America motivated by 9/11. CNN would go on to suggest an increase in hate crimes against Sikh men in the US and the UK after the 9/11 attacks.<ref name="attacks1" /><ref name="attacks2" />

In an attempt to foster Sikh leaders in the Western world, youth initiatives by a number of organisations exist. The Sikh Youth Alliance of North America sponsors an annual [[Sikh Youth Symposium]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

The Sikh diaspora has been most successful in the UK, and UK Sikhs have the highest percentage of home ownership (82%) of any religious community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=962&Pos=2&ColRank=2&Rank=800|title=Housing: Sikhs most likely to own their own homes {{!}} Religion|last=ONS|date=11 October 2004|work=[[Office for National Statistics]]|publisher=UK Statistics Authority|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226140123/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=962&Pos=2&ColRank=2&Rank=800|archive-date=26 February 2008|access-date=4 April 2008}}</ref> UK Sikhs are the second-wealthiest religious group in the UK (after the [[Jewish]] community), with a median total household wealth of {{GBP|229,000|link=no}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cr/CASEreport60.pdf|title=An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK|date=29 January 2010|work=Report of the National Equality Panel|publisher=The London School of Economics – The Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion|access-date=1 February 2010}}</ref>

In May 2019, the UK government exempted "[[Kirpan]]" from the list of banned knives. The U.K. government passed an amendment by which Sikhs in the country would be allowed to carry kirpans and use them during religious and cultural functions. The bill was amended to ensure that it would not impact the right of the British Sikh community to possess and supply kirpans or religious swords.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.newstracklive.com/news/uk-gets-a-new-law-secures-rights-of-sikhs-to-carry-kirpans-sc57-nu-1010762-1.html|title=U.K. gets a new law, secures rights of Sikhs to carry kirpans|website=newstracklive.com|date=19 May 2019|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/uk-gets-new-weapons-act-secures-sikh-right-to-carry-kirpans/articleshow/69387189.cms|title=UK gets new weapons act, secures Sikh right to carry kirpans|date=2019-05-18|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> Similarly, the [[Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund]] overturned a 1925 [[Oregon]] law banning the wearing of turbans by teachers and government officials in 2010.<ref>[http://www.saldef.org/news/sikh-teachers-are-now-able-to-teach-in-oregon-public-schools/ Sikh Teachers Are Now Able to Teach in Oregon Public Schools « SALDEF]. Saldef.org (2 April 2010). Retrieved on 6 October 2011.</ref>