Source Special Correspondent – 09/19/07 NEW DELHI: Taking serious note of news reports about prevention of cremation of a Sikh in Afghanistan, Tarlochan Singh, MP and former chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities, has asked the Centre to take up the issue with the Afghan government. In a letter to External Affairs Minister Pranab… Continue reading Sikhs seek cremation grounds in Afghanistan
Afghan Sikhs protest after Muslims stop cremation
Tuesday, 18 September , 2007, 01:27 (Sify) Kabul: More than 100 Afghan Sikhs, the country’s smallest religious group, marched through Kabul with a corpse on Monday to protest attempts by Muslim villagers to stop them from cremating the body. Police later detained six of the Muslim villagers who had tried to prevent the cremation, a… Continue reading Afghan Sikhs protest after Muslims stop cremation
Angry Sikhs in Afghan funeral demonstration
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
Kabul Sikh cremation goes ahead
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
Afghan Sikhs protest after Muslims stop cremation (Persian)
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International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Afghanistan
Source International Religious Freedom Report 2007 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor The Constitution proclaims that “followers of other religions are free to exercise their faith and perform their religious rites within the limits of the provisions of law.” However, it also states that Islam is the “religion of the state”… Continue reading International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Afghanistan
Most Afghan refugees are Hindus, Sikhs
Source – Rediff September 13, 2007 There are 11,500 refugees in India and the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to find a home for them. Last week, two Iraqi families protested outside the UNHCR office in New Delhi because their cases for resettlement had not been submitted yet. Nayana Bose,… Continue reading Most Afghan refugees are Hindus, Sikhs