Category: News

On or about July 1, 2008, Sikh prisoner Jagmohan Singh Ahuja suffered an egregious violation of his religious rights when jail officers forcibly cut his hair in Duval County Jail. It is against a Sikh’s religious practice to cut his/her hair, as kesh (unshorn hair) covered by a dastaar (Sikh turban) is one of five… Continue reading Sikh Prisoner’s Hair is Cut Against His Will

JAGMOHAN SINGH Monday, 11 August 2008 AMRITSAR : Former Parliamentarian and president of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Simarnjit Singh Mann here today has urged the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to do the needful to get unlocked the Sikh Gurdwara (Sikh shrines) in Afghanistan. Talking to the media persons here Monday Mann said that being… Continue reading Untitled

Pakistan Daily Friday, 25th July, 2008 Ghazni governor inaugurated a temple for adherent of Sikh religion after completion of the construction work on this holy place of Sikh followers in Ghazni province. Accomplished on over 27 acres of land the Sikh temple had been completed by $151000 assistance from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Ismail Jahangir… Continue reading Sikh temple inaugurated in Afghanistan

Chris Sands, Foreign Correspondent – The National Last Updated: May 17. 2008 10:11PM UAE / May 17. 2008 6:11PM GMT KABUL // Afghanistan’s minority Sikhs and Hindus say they are facing increasing persecution from the government and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. They claim widespread discrimination is threatening their rituals and traditions, and that many are… Continue reading Sikhs and Hindus claim persecution

By Alfred de Tavares Stockholm, April 20 2008  (IANS) Two asylum seekers from South Asia – one a Kashmiri Hindu and the other an Afghan Sikh – are languishing in a Swedish migrant detention centre outsideStockholm . Dhillow Singh, the 37-year-old Kashmiri who came to Sweden illegally five years ago, has been at the Marsta… Continue reading Indian, Afghan asylum seekers languish in Swedish prison

Staff Report LAHORE: The Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) and Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) will welcome about 4,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims arriving today (Friday) for the Besakhi Festival, ETPB officials told Daily Times on Thursday. ETPB Deputy Administrator (Shrines) Faraz Abbas told Daily Times that the Indian Sikh pilgrims were expected to celebrate… Continue reading Besakhi festival starts tomorrow: 4,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims

By SARAH GARLAND, Staff Reporter of the Sun | March 31, 2008 Strapped into the trunk of a Toyota sedan, the smiling face of a deity draped in plastic flowers rolls slowly down a suburban Long Island street behind a crowd of chanting women in saris. Holding up golden pineapples wrapped in red and gold… Continue reading Hindus Flee Afghanistan, Flourish in New York