Source: The Hindu Afghan women’s rights campaigner Anarkali Honaryar and Palestinian peace activist Khaled Abu Awwad have been conferred the 2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence, an award instituted in memory of Mahatma Gandhi. The $1,00,000 award will be divided equally between the two laureates, who were selected by an… Continue reading Afghan, Palestine activists get UNESCO award
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Afghan Hindus, Sikhs Seek To Reclaim Their ‘House Of Love’
By Abubakar Siddique November 11, 2011 Source (Radio Free Europe) Shankar Lal, at age 63, wants to reclaim his native “House of Love” after living in exile in India for 20 years. The Hindu patriarch is from Prem Nagar, Hindi for House of Love, a once-prosperous Hindu village in southeastern Afghanistan that over the years… Continue reading Afghan Hindus, Sikhs Seek To Reclaim Their ‘House Of Love’
Hindu Representatives Meet Senate Speaker
Fazle Hadi Muslimyar accompanied by Dr. Anar Kali Hunaryar senate member met with some representatives of Hindus. The Hindus complained that usurpation of their properties in Khost is major problems for them. They also asked that the representatives of Afghan refugees in India should also be given the chance of membership to the traditional Loya… Continue reading Hindu Representatives Meet Senate Speaker
Afghanistan – International Religious Freedom Report 2010
July-December, 2010 International Religious Freedom Report on Afghanistan by U.S. Department of State September 13th 2011 Excerpts regarding Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan The country’s population is almost entirely Muslim. Non-Muslim minority groups, particularly Christian, Hindu, and Sikh groups, were targets of discrimination and persecution. Conversion from Islam was understood by Shia and Sunni Islamic… Continue reading Afghanistan – International Religious Freedom Report 2010
TV 9 – Afghan Hindus and Sikhs
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UNHCR – AFGHAN HINDUS AND SIKHS: THEIR SITUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CLAIMS
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Afghan Leader Holds Prayers For Assassinated Brother
Source: Fox News KABUL, Afghanistan — Several hundred Afghan and international dignitaries are expressing their sympathies to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whose half brother was assassinated this week at his home in southern Afghanistan. They joined Karzai on Friday for a prayer service in a mosque at the palace, sitting cross-legged on rugs to remember Ahmed Wali Karzai, a… Continue reading Afghan Leader Holds Prayers For Assassinated Brother