Source: Al-Jazeera Hindu and Sikh refugees in India still wait for nationality a year after a controversial citizenship law was passed. By Srishti Jaswal Amritsar, India – Surbeer Singh was just three years old when his family fled Nangarhar province in Afghanistan to escape religious persecution and war in the 1980s. They have since lived in the… Continue reading A year after CAA, refugees in India still waiting for citizenship
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Sikh Afghan refugee shot dead
Source: The Hindu All angles, including property deals are being looked into for leads: police A 70-year-old pradhan of a gurdwara was shot dead by two bike-borne men outside his house in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri. No arrests have been made in the case yet, he police said on Tuesday. DCP (West) Deepak Purohit said that… Continue reading Sikh Afghan refugee shot dead
EMINENT AFGHAN SIKH – Late Khajinder Singh Khurana (1953-2020) [Obit]
Source: SikhNet by Inderjeet Singh he President of Afghan Hindu & Sikh Welfare Society, Khajinder Singh Khuranapassed away last month in Delhi. He was forefront in arranging accommodation, securing funding and other facilities for the recent Afghan Sikh refugees. I am sharing his short biography which I have translated from the upcoming book in Punjabi on Afghan… Continue reading EMINENT AFGHAN SIKH – Late Khajinder Singh Khurana (1953-2020) [Obit]
SIKHS FLEE AFGHANISTAN IN WAKE OF ISIS ATTACK ON PLACE OF WORSHIP
Source: South Florida Times Gagandeep Singh Soni, 13, was attending school at the Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier this year when he heard gunshots outside his classroom. Joginder Singh, his friend and classmate, had left to fetch tea for the entire class. A gurdwara is a place of assembly and worship for… Continue reading SIKHS FLEE AFGHANISTAN IN WAKE OF ISIS ATTACK ON PLACE OF WORSHIP
Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan
Source: Concord Monitor, Star Tribune By TAMEEM AKHGAR Associated Press Published: 9/27/2020 KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s dwindling community of Sikhs and Hindus is shrinking to its lowest levels. With growing threats from the local Islamic State affiliate, many are choosing to leave the country of their birth to escape the insecurity and a once-thriving community of as… Continue reading Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan
A tale of love, sacrifice and devotion: How the last Hindu of Ghazni stayed back in Afghanistan to take care of his Temple, even after his family came to India
Source: pIndia Not too long ago, India provided refuge to twenty-one Hindu and Sikh families from Ghazni in Afghanistan. The constant threat to their lives and the hardships they have to endure is not something that is secret. Islamic terrorism and extremism has made the lives of ethnic and religious minorities in the war torn… Continue reading A tale of love, sacrifice and devotion: How the last Hindu of Ghazni stayed back in Afghanistan to take care of his Temple, even after his family came to India
Request by Afghan Sikhs to settle in India rises after gurdwara attack in March
Source: Hindustan Times A total of 357 members of Afghanistan’s Sikh minority have arrived in India this year to escape persecution and targeted attacks by “terrorists and their sponsors”, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday. Requests from Afghan Sikhs to be granted permission to settle in India had increased since a terror attack… Continue reading Request by Afghan Sikhs to settle in India rises after gurdwara attack in March