Source Pratibha Chauhan Tribune News Service Kabul, September 27 Persecuted by an increasingly hostile local community, a few thousand hapless Sikhs left behind in Afghanistan, have now been forced to cremate their dead in the compounds of gurdwaras in this strife-torn city. The attempt to cremate a body last week in Kabul led to major… Continue reading Life is hellish for Afghan Sikhs
SGPC takes up issue of Afghan Sikhs with Indian PM
Source GURPREET SINGH MEHAK Friday, 21 September 2007 FATEHGARH SAHIB: Shiromani Gurdawara Parbhandak Committee(SGPC) has taken up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the case of Afghan Sikhs who are facing problems in war torn Afghanistan. The plight of Afghan Sikhs was highlighted recently when they were prevented from cremating a dead person as per Sikh… Continue reading SGPC takes up issue of Afghan Sikhs with Indian PM
Sikhs seek cremation grounds in Afghanistan
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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