Source Hi, ich bin Kuljit Singh! Ich bin 23 Jahre alt und bin in Kabul (Afghanistan) geboren. Mein Heimatland kenne ich nur aus dem Fernseher oder aus Erzählungen meiner Eltern. Es ist in letzter Zeit so viel Schlimmes in Afghanistan passiert, dass man sich nicht mehr traut, sich als Afghane zu bekennen. Meine Eltern haben… Continue reading a personal story
Category: Opinion
The Afghanis are coming …
an opinion about Afghan Sikhs in Southall of London
An issue of Conversion: The Case of Abdul-Rahman the Afghan
Source By Dr. Abidullah A. Ghazi The Milli Gazette Online 7 April 2006 The issues emanating from the turbulence instigated by the insensitive Danish cartoons have yet to be settled, and we now find ourselves staring into the face of another, even more complicated ordeal: the apostasy case of an Afghan named Abdul-Rahman. While this… Continue reading An issue of Conversion: The Case of Abdul-Rahman the Afghan
WORD FOR WORD: The Buddhas the Taliban destroyed —Khaled Ahmed
Source When the two colossi were newly carved, the great Chinese traveller Hsuan Tsang saw them in 642 AD and noted their brilliant reflection from a distance. The smaller Buddha was Maitreya and the taller one was Rocana In 2000, the Taliban destroyed two 5th century AD statues of Buddha in Bamiyan. One was 114… Continue reading WORD FOR WORD: The Buddhas the Taliban destroyed —Khaled Ahmed
Letter from United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to the U.S. Department of State
Dear Acting Assistant Secretary Greene: I am writing on behalf of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to urge that the United States communicate and act urgently to prevent the imminent involuntary deportation from Germany to Afghanistan of particularly vulnerable asylum seekers, including Hindu refugees who face the threat of violence upon return… Continue reading Letter from United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to the U.S. Department of State
Death is a Right
Read this opinion by Gogol-chand Kakkar in Dari
a commentary
Source Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo Friday 19, March 2004 (commentary) Source: Daily Excelsior … Afghan Sikhs and Hindus constitute the minorities of Afghanistan. In Jalalabad alone, previously these were 700 families, but due to the Talibanisation of Afghanistan only 10-15 families continue to live there. RAWA Report from Afghanistan confirms that the persecution of these minorities… Continue reading a commentary