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'''Sikhism in [[Poland]]''' dates back mostly to the 1990s or early 2000s, during the immigration of [[Indian people|Indians]] to Poland. There are about approximately 700 Sikhs in Poland, with the vast majority of them living in the capital of [[Warsaw]].{{citation needed}}<br />
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== Gurdwaras ==<br />
There is only one [[Gurdwara]] in Poland being stationed in Warsaw. The city's Sikh Gurdwara, called "Gurudwara Singh Sabha",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gurudawara.pl/|title=GURUDWARA SINGH SABHA WARSAW POLAND|website=www.gurudawara.pl|access-date=2017-12-27}}</ref> is the only Sikh shrine in the whole of [[Eastern Europe]] and it is the place where both Sikhs and [[Sindhis]] come together to celebrate [[Baisakhi]].<br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
Sikhs in Poland are generally treated unfavourably by the locals, especially in more rural areas, due to often being mistaken for [[Muslim]]s for their usually darker skin, [[Dastar|turban]] and beard.<br />
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One incident in 2015 involved a Sikh man, Navjot Sawhney, who was attacked by a bouncer outside a nightclub in [[Kraków]] because he looked like a "terrorist".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/12029627/Polish-police-tell-British-Sikh-man-what-do-you-expect-after-Paris-attacks-after-nightclub-beating.html|title=Polish police tell British Sikh man 'what do you expect after Paris attacks' after nightclub beating|last=Day|first=Matthew|access-date=2017-12-27|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><br />
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