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“The Sikh nation is no stranger to barbaric acts carried out against them... In 1675, Guru Tegh Bahadur was publicly beheaded on the orders of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb..."

“Since the whole ISIS thing is happening out of Iraq, I’ve noticed an escalation of verbal abuse I’ve had incidents where young and old, kids, people from different ethnic groups calling me 'Osama' and telling me to ‘go back home’.”

[VIDEO] Till now they were caught up in the war torn Iraq but they arrived home on Monday. Many others are still being held captive by the suspected militants. Indian workers were greeted with garlands and were offered water and juices at the airport in New Delhi. Adequate arrangements have been made to send the workers back to their hometowns.

The Punjab government has submitted a list of 514 people from the state who are stuck in Iraq while Haryana officials said families of 147 people have provided details of their near and dear ones stranded there.

Last week, 40 Indian constructions workers, many of them Sikhs, were abducted by military forces in northern Iraq. We are calling on the worldwide Sikh community to pray for their safe return to their families.