Haley still occasionally attends Sikh services. Sikhism is classified as an Indian religion along with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. The basis of Sikhism lies in the teachings of Guru Nanak and his successors.
Nikki Haley was born as Nimrata Randhawa and grew up in an Indian Punjabi American Sikh family. Her parents moved from India to Canada in the ‘60s and relocated to the US after her father Ajit Singh Randhawa received his Ph.D. degree. Her mother Raj Kaur Randhawa worked in the public school system before starting her clothing company, Exotica International.
In 2004, (seven years after becoming a Christian) she and her family were still attending Sikh Temples as well as their Methodist Church. In 2004, she was running for the State Legislature and she was quoted back then as saying, “I was born and raised with the Sikh faith, my husband and I were married in the Methodist Church, our children have been baptized in the Methodist Church, and currently we attend both.”
Her 2004 campaign played up her Sikh upbringing and faith saying that “Nikki was proudly raised with her Indian traditions” No mention that she’s a Christian.
Nikki Haley calls herself a Christian, but she still practices and attends Sikh services... Should it matter? She only became Christian a short time ago, is she just a Christian for Votes?
Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines the intellectual deterioration of American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump.
Borowitz argues that over the past 50 years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking.