Month: November 2001

23 November, 2001 07:08 GMT By Michael Steen   – Reuters KABUL (Reuters)- Chanting “Waheguru”, or God, 60 Afghan Sikh and Hindu men, women and children worship in their bright tinsel-clad temple in the capital Kabul, hoping Afghanistan’s next rulers will tolerate religious minorities. Afghanistan has always been overwhelmingly Muslim but until the upheaval of the… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs and Hindus hope for tolerance

Source Kabul, November 23 Chanting “Wahe Guru”, 60 Afghan Sikh and Hindu men, women and children worship in their bright tinsel-clad temple in Kabul, hoping that Afghanistan’s next rulers will tolerate religious minorities. Afghanistan has always been overwhelmingly Muslim but until the upheaval of the early 1990s, when ethnic militias fought bloody street battles in… Continue reading Afghan Hindus, Sikhs back ex-king