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Afghanistan: Taliban Desecrate Sikh Temple in Kabul, Arrest Worshipers
 [LegalInsurrection] The temple sheltered hundreds Hindus and Sikhs refugees.On Tuesday, the Taliban ...Arabic for students... desecrated Kabul’s main Sikh temple and arrested several worshipers, the Indian newspapers reported. Several armed Taliban fighters forced their way into the shrine, broke open doors and destroyed security cameras. The temple offered refuge to a couple of hundred Hindus and Sikhs who abandoned their homes since the Taliban took over the country. "Soon after the Taliban marched into Kabul on August 15, hundreds of members of the Sikh and Hindu minorities had taken refuge" in the temple, Indian newspaper the Hindustan Times reported. The Taliban are preventing Afghanistan’s remaining Hindus and Sikhs from leaving for India. The Hindu-majority country has offered asylum to Afghanistan’s religious monitories, including Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians. "Nearly 240 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus were, however, barred from entering Kabul airport to board the last military evacuation flight from the Afghan capital," the daily confirmed. Afghanistan’s tiny Sikh community has long been in the cross hairs of the Taliban. In March 2020, a group of Taliban button men attacked another Sikh temple in Kabul, killing 25 worshipers. The attack comes as the Taliban leadership amps up its rhetoric against the Kuffar, or the non-believers. On Tuesday, a senior Taliban leader paid homage at the tomb of a Moslem warlord who invaded India and destroyed one of the holiest Hindu temple in the eleventh century. The Taliban’s Anas Haqqani, who is also the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network  ...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani..., praised the warlord "Ghaznavi (May the mercy of Allah be upon him)" who "smashed the idol of Somnath" temple. Taliban’s recent actions have alarmed New Delhi, which is fearful of Afghanistan turning into a haven for Indian jihadi groups. The Islamic bully boyz have killed more than 40,000 Indian soldiers and civilians in recent decades. Many of these Islamic terrorist groups have ties with the Taliban. Posted by: trailing wife 2021-10-09 |
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