By Jon Hemming KABUL (Reuters) – Around 100 angry Afghan Sikhs carried a coffin to the United Nations headquarters in Kabul on Monday, accusing Muslims of stopping them cremating the dead man. Shouting slogans and punching their fists into the air the turbanned men broke through a hastily assembled police barriers until they reached the… Continue reading Angry Sikhs in Afghan funeral demonstration
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Kabul Sikh cremation goes ahead
Source – BBC – 09/17/2007 A group of local Sikhs have been allowed to carry out a cremation in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The authorities intervened after Muslims in the Old City stopped Sikhs burning a body at their traditional cremation site in the Qalacha area. Sikh mourners carried the body to the presidential palace… Continue reading Kabul Sikh cremation goes ahead
Afghan Sikhs protest after Muslims stop cremation (Persian)
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International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Afghanistan
Source International Religious Freedom Report 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor The Constitution proclaims that “followers of other religions are free to exercise their faith and perform their religious rites within the limits of the provisions of law.” However, it also states that Islam is the “religion of the state”… Continue reading International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Afghanistan
Most Afghan refugees are Hindus, Sikhs
Source – Rediff September 13, 2007 There are 11,500 refugees in India and the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to find a home for them. Last week, two Iraqi families protested outside the UNHCR office in New Delhi because their cases for resettlement had not been submitted yet. Nayana Bose,… Continue reading Most Afghan refugees are Hindus, Sikhs
DARKNESS OVER KABUL
Source This Above All – Khushwant Singh – 09/01/2007 Harami. That seems to be the keyword of the most absorbing work of fiction I have read in recent years. The word means bastard. The novel, of which it is the keyword, is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Bloomsbury). It encapsulates the story of… Continue reading DARKNESS OVER KABUL
Delhi’s Khalsa Diwan Welfare Society transforming Afghan kids’ lives
Source By Ravindra Sheoran, New Delhi, Aug.20 : Giving Afghan youth, including those belonging to the Sikh community, a sense of freedom to choose and live is a motto the Khalsa Diwan Welfare Society here swears by. This voluntary organisation set up in 1993 is taking steps to ensure that refugees from Afghanistan, especially children… Continue reading Delhi’s Khalsa Diwan Welfare Society transforming Afghan kids’ lives