Day: September 17, 2007

By Jon Hemming KABUL (Reuters) – Around 100 angry Afghan Sikhs carried a coffin to the United Nations headquarters in Kabul on Monday, accusing Muslims of stopping them cremating the dead man. Shouting slogans and punching their fists into the air the turbanned men broke through a hastily assembled police barriers until they reached the… Continue reading Angry Sikhs in Afghan funeral demonstration

Source – BBC – 09/17/2007 A group of local Sikhs have been allowed to carry out a cremation in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The authorities intervened after Muslims in the Old City stopped Sikhs burning a body at their traditional cremation site in the Qalacha area. Sikh mourners carried the body to the presidential palace… Continue reading Kabul Sikh cremation goes ahead

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