Month: July 2018

Barfi Culture A few weeks ago, the UK Home Office rejected an Afghan Sikh family’s application for asylum partly because they couldn’t find any “assessment or tests” to confirm they were Sikh, even though the family had a letter of support from their local Gurdwara. The incident left academic Dr Jasjit Singh fuming. “This is… Continue reading The UK Home Office has been rejecting Afghan Sikh refugees out of ignorance

Barfi Culture A few weeks ago, the UK Home Office rejected an Afghan Sikh family’s application for asylum partly because they couldn’t find any “assessment or tests” to confirm they were Sikh, even though the family had a letter of support from their local Gurdwara. The incident left academic Dr Jasjit Singh fuming. “This is… Continue reading The UK Home Office has been rejecting Afghan Sikh refugees out of ignorance

By Sikh24 Editors – July 24, 2018 KEERATPUR SAHIB—The ashes of 12 deceased Afghan Sikh leaders and a Hindu leader were immersed in a tributary pouring into the Nangal Hydel Channel at Gurdwara Patalpuri Sahib in Keeratpur Sahib on July 23. The ashes were brought from Gurdwara Guru Arjan Dev Ji of New Mahavir Nagar (Delhi) where these were… Continue reading Ashes of Afghan Sikh Leaders Immersed at Keeratpur Sahib

By Sikh24 Editors – July 24, 2018 KEERATPUR SAHIB—The ashes of 12 deceased Afghan Sikh leaders and a Hindu leader were immersed in a tributary pouring into the Nangal Hydel Channel at Gurdwara Patalpuri Sahib in Keeratpur Sahib on July 23. The ashes were brought from Gurdwara Guru Arjan Dev Ji of New Mahavir Nagar (Delhi) where these were… Continue reading Ashes of Afghan Sikh Leaders Immersed at Keeratpur Sahib

Source: The Times of India  

By TOLO news A council of Afghan Hindus and Sikhs refugees in Europe in an open letter to President Ashraf Ghani has urged him to issue a special order for probing the suicide attack in Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province that targeted a gathering of Hindus in early July.  At least 19 people were killed and… Continue reading Hindus And Sikhs Ask Ghani To Probe Jalalabad Attack

By Sikh24 Editors – July 20, 2018 NEW DELHI—The ashes of Afghan 12 Sikh leaders and a Hindu leader, who were killed in a suicide bomb attack on July 1 in Afghanistan’s eastern town Jalalabad, were brought to India in a special air ambulance on July 19. Beside it, the six injured Sikhs were also brought for providing… Continue reading Ashes of Afghan Sikh Leaders Brought to India; Likely to be Immersed at Keeratpur on July 22