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Dear SikhSangat.com members, Thank-you to all the Sikh community who contacted me in relation to this study. I just wanted to bring to your attention that participants must be UK British Citizens. To those non-UK citizens who have come forward, please accept my apologies, as the study is a UK based study. Therefore, I am re-sending this invitation for anybody that would like to take part in this study. I will be interviewing participants until the 31st August 2015. With Best Wishes Mandeep Singh

Dear All, Thank-you to all those people who have e-mailed me to take part in this study. We now have more than enough participants for this study. This study could not have happened without the support of the Sikh community. We have had a fast response and I am eternally grateful. A big thank-you to SikhSangat.com. If you wish to opt out, you have every right to withdraw from this study. I will contact everybody via e-mail over the next few days. With Best Wishes Mandeep Singh

Dear Members at SikhSangat.com Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! My name is Mandeep Singh and I am a PhD Researcher and Research Assistant at Coventry University. My PhD thesis title is: Attitudes towards Marriage among the British Asian Sikh Community within the context of the 21st Century. This is a kind request to both Sikh men and women aged between 18-50 from all backgrounds, i.e. married, separated, divorced, cohabitating, inter-faith relationships, the LGBT community, Amrit Dhari and non-Amrit-Dhari to please contact me on my e-mail Sehmim2@uni.coventry.ac.uk This is a very important study! Divorce and same-sex relationships do not exist within the Sikh Dharam, yet divorce is on a steady increase and the LGBT Sikh community have raised their concerns regarding marriage. Therefore, it is very important that Sikhs from all walks of life within the UK express their thoughts, views and perceptions towards the following topics: 1. Divorce 2. Same-Sex Relationship 3. Marriage and Spirituality What do you think about these topics? There is not much literature regarding the above in relation to Sikhs and this study is one of the first studies to explore the broad concept of marriage amongst Sikhs. If you would like to discuss Gurbani in relation to Marriage, you are most welcome, but if you have no knowledge of Gurbani, that is not a problem. You do not need to know Gurbani to take part in this study. I am not here to judge anybody but rather find out what is going on in one the most important aspects of a Sikh's life. Your name and location will not be used at all within this study and anonymity is guaranteed. I can either visit you (anywhere in the UK) or you are most welcome to visit me at Coventry University at our office at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations Building. There will be a recorded interview which will last 60-90 minutes. I have interviewed a few Sikhs now and there are so many different views of this topic that are affecting peoples' lives and these views must be shared at an academic level. Again, may I kindly ask those interested with this study to contact me via e-mail on Sehmim2@uni.coventry.ac.uk Please do not ignore this message. With Best Wishes Mandeep SIngh (PhD Researcher and Research Assistant, CTPSR, Coventry University)