"It has been four months since the attack on March 25 but my daughter still trembles in fear. She screams in the night, gets nightmares and asks 'why did they attack us?" says Malmeet Kaur (26), Poonam's mother, who was born in Kabul.
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There were over 3,400 civilian casualties in the war-torn nation in the first half of 2020.
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Gurudwara Shahidi Asthan Bhai Taru Ji is a historical gurudwara where Bhai Taru Ji made supreme sacrifice in 1745
We remember and honor Reverend CT Vivian who passed away on July 17, 2020. The Espanola, New Mexico Sikh Community had the privilege to host Reverend Vivian at the annual Peace Prayer Day event and he received the SSSC Award for Social Justice. A close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, he was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s.
“The decision to add a bias-motivated charge against Breemen is a resounding victory not just for Mr. Singh, but for minority communities who are threatened by bias and bigotry every day,” said Amrith Kaur, Sikh Coalition Legal Director. “Adding these charges sends a clear message: Hatred is not welcome in Jefferson County, and those who are targeted for being different know that this community will acknowledge it and stand with them in solidarity.”
Days after an abducted Sikh leader was finally released in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reportedly approved long-term visas to 700 Sikh and Hindus currently living in Afghanistan.
ON THE HOUR: Nidhan Singh Sachdeva -a devout Sehajdhari Sikh, who went all the way from Delhi to Gurdwara Thala Sahib in Afghanistan to do Kar Sewa -community service and was abducted a few weeks ago, allegedly by the Taliban, has returned to safety and has paid obeisance at the Gurdwara soon after his release.
Her family claimed that she was taken away Friday by a local Muslim youth who “brainwashed and threatened” her to marry him and “convert to Islam”.