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Nov 9, 2019 · Hundreds of Indian Sikhs have made a historic pilgrimage to Pakistan, crossing the border to one of their holiest sites under a landmark deal between the two rival countries. At least 700...
- Historic Gurdwaras Restored
- ‘Pakistan Is The First Home of The Sikhs’
- Festivities Interrupted by Tensions
To this day, when he visits the home his parents fled – now occupied by a Muslim family – he is greeted with respect, offered hospitality, and seen as one of their own, Singh says. “People want to go to the other side of the border,” Singh adds. “We are brothers with a common history.” Pakistan is home to approximately 20,000 Sikhs, though the real...
Although Pakistan titles itself as an Islamic Republic, the country still strives to uphold warm relations with its religious minorities, Farooq adds. “There is sometimes enmity which gives birth to intolerance, and that you can’t even stop in Europe or the US,” he tells Al Jazeera. The divided state of Punjab, splintered in two by India and Pakist...
Periodically, however, festivities have been interrupted by a breakdown of relations between Pakistan and India. Earlier this year, India accused Pakistan of failing to provide pilgrimage trains for Sikh yatris, while India stopped more than 300 Sikhs from travelling to pilgrimage sites across Pakistan as tensions simmered between the two archrival...
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Nov 9, 2019 · The Kartarpur corridor leads from the border straight to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, 4km (2.5 miles) away. But tensions between India and Pakistan have made the shrine hard to access...
Arif Ali/ AFP/ Getty Images. “Everyone is equal in Guru Nanak’s eyes,” says Hardial Singh, an Indian Sikh who crossed the border in November to visit Sikhism’s holy sites in Pakistan. Guru ...
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Apr 13, 2021 · Before colonialism, Muslims and Hindus in Pakistan shared their sacred shrines and welcomed each other into their religious spaces. Post-Partition, this has changed but some traditions continue in ...
Oct 24, 2019 · India and Pakistan have signed a deal that will allow pilgrims from India to visit one of Sikhism's holiest shrines in Pakistan without a visa.
Nov 18, 2019 · Despite the recent conflict between India and Pakistan, the nuclear neighbors have found common ground in providing the Sikh with the right to pilgrimage and practicing their beliefs, a huge step towards religious tolerance and bilateral cooperation.
