Source: IWPR Dwindling community struggles to maintain identity. By Mina Habib, Abdali – Afghanistan – ARR Issue 459, “We aren’t treated as human beings,” Sikh businessman Amrit Singh said as he sat in his small grocery shop in the Kabul neighbourhood of Shor Bazaar. “When we are alive, we are disrespected, insulted and beaten…. And when we take our dead… Continue reading Tough Times for Afghan Hindus and Sikhs
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Bayat Foundations helps Sikh Kids
Bayat Foundation assisted Sikh Gurdwara needy kids by granting them Food for Kids packages in Kabul city, Dr. Ehsanullah Bayat – Founder of Bayat Foundation – distributed the fortified rice-soy packages to the kids of the Sikh community. Bayat Foundation will continue to distribute these packages to in need kids throughout the country.
May Day rally highlights plight of Stockholm’s ‘paperless’
IANS | Stockholm May 2, 2013 Last Updated at 14:23 IST Source – Business Standard Swaying, trancing, dervishing to the mantras beat on several score drums, thousands of demonstrators snaked through the wide arteries of the Swedish capital on May Day with one single demand: Let Stockholm be free of discrimination! An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 of these… Continue reading May Day rally highlights plight of Stockholm’s ‘paperless’
Afghan security extends to minority populations
Sikh and Hindu Afghans gratefully welcome a better quality of life after years of extremist-led turmoil. By Hasan Khan Source – Central Asia Online JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Government and coalition actions to restore peace and stability to Afghanistan have improved the quality of life for minorities who endured violence and discrimination by the Taliban and… Continue reading Afghan security extends to minority populations
Bayat Foundation helps Afghan Hindus and Sikhs in Kabul
Bayat Foundation Winter Aid Program in 2013, assisted “Ahl-Honoud community” in Karte-e-Parwan Daramsal – Kabul. More than 100 families were granted foodstuff and winter clothes by Dr. Ehsanullah Bayat – Founder of Bayat Foundation and Mrs. Laya Bayat – Co Chair of Bayat Foundation.
HINDU IN AFGHANISTAN: What are you still doing here?
About this video: This short clip from the Abdul Al-Haqq channel, captioned on screen “Being a Hindu in Kabul,” features a Hindu man in Kabul speaking about life as a Hindu there. It focuses on his experience in Kabul.
Hindus and Sikhs – homeless Afghan citizens
Source: Deutche Welle – 3-Dec-2012 For hundreds of years, Hindus and Sikhs have lived in Afghanistan. But even after the fall of the Islamist Taliban regime, they face growing discrimination, forcing many to leave. Sometimes you can recognize them on the streets, usually because of their black or wine-red turbans and opulent beards. Others look… Continue reading Hindus and Sikhs – homeless Afghan citizens