The choice in Islamic law is that non-Muslims who are not People of the Book must convert to Islam or be warred against. “Kill the polytheists wherever you find them” (Qur’an 9:5) applies here if they don’t embrace Islam. So even allowing them to leave the country is, from the standpoint of Sharia, letting them off easy.
“Afghanistan’s Sikhs to ‘make choice between converting to Islam or leaving country’: Report,” ANI, October 22, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
October 22 (ANI): As the security scenario in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, Sikhs — a community that was already in a dire situation before the collapse of the government — practically have to make a choice between options of “converting to Sunni Islam or run away” from Afghanistan, said a report.
The community, which once numbered in the tens of thousands, has been ruined and devastated by years of emigration and death, driven by both systemic discrimination and an uptick in fanatical religious violence in Afghanistan, International Forum For Rights and Security (IFFRAS) said.
The larger numbers of Sikhs live in Kabul while some in the provinces of Ghazni and Nangarhar.
On October 5, 15 to 20 terrorists entered Gurdwara (Sikh temple) and tied up the guards. The attack happened in the Kart-e-Parwan District of Kabul. Sikhs in Afghanistan often experience such attacks and violence in the country….
Infidel says
Maybe send Khalistani and Nihang militias there. Except that Khalistanis are paper tigers: can’t take on jihadists who persecute Sikhs, in whose name they’re demanding a separate country
Also, how many Sikhs are still left in Afghanistan? Picky about going to the US or Canada instead of India? In which case, they deserved to be left there
gravenimage says
Infidel, there were an estimated 700 Sikhs and Hindus still surviving in Afghanistan before the Taliban took over this year–probably even fewer now, in part because of several massacres. Also, I think that most who could get out have left.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/sikhs-and-hindus-of-afghanistan-how-many-remain-why-they-want-to-leave-6524825/
Hari Singh says
Sikhs have been fighting Islamic terrorism since it’s founding over 500 years ago. Sikhs established the first non Muslim State in North India in 1000 years.
Everyday Sikh soldiers fight Taliban like terrorists in Kargil, Kashmir and Jammuna.
The heads of the Indian Army and Air Force are either Sikhs,from Sikh families or Panjabis.
That Sikhs resisted the attacks of the atheistic government of Indira Gandhi that attacked the most sacred Sikh shrines and killed tens of thousands of Sikhs in what Amnesty International called genocide should come as no surprise. These attacks were carried out when other solutions were easily available . Even Indians got tired of that kind of government.
The concept of a Sikh State has almost no support in India and it’s pockets of support are mostly in Canada.
The Sikhs of Afghanistan’s relatives have immigrated mostly to UK, Canada and the USA. Their desire to go to those countries is based on family connections.
gravenimage says
Afghanistan: Sikhs must ‘make choice between converting to Islam or leaving country’
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So much for “Taliban 2.0″…
janwoG says
It seems to me that Sikhs are also monotheists?
gravenimage says
So are Jews and Christians, and this does not save them from Islamic persecution and violence,