https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Sikhism_in_WalesSikhism in Wales - Revision history2026-08-18T08:47:55ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sikhism_in_Wales&diff=56371&oldid=prev>Monkbot: Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 1 template: hyphenate params (1×);2021-01-28T01:18:28Z<p><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Monkbot/task_18&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Monkbot/task 18 (page does not exist)">Task 18 (cosmetic)</a>: eval 1 template: hyphenate params (1×);</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br />
<br />
{{Sikhism sidebar}}<br />
The arrival of '''[[Sikhism]] in [[Wales]]''' is relatively recent and at [[United Kingdom Census 2011|Census 2011]] there were 2,962 Sikhs in the country representing 0.1% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-286262|publisher=ons.gov.uk|access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref><br />
<br />
Sikhs have faced some difficulties in Wales: in 2000, a popular Sikh was murdered in a racially motivated attack in Port Talbot.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/apr/17/race.world ] guardian.co.uk, 17 April 2000</ref> The issue of Sikhism in Wales again came to wider attention in 2008 when the only Sikh pupil at Aberdare Girls' School was banned from school for refusing to remove her [[Kara_(Sikhism)|Kara]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7463747.stm 'Bangle' girl begins ruling wait] BBC News, 19 June 2008</ref> though the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] eventually ruled that the school had been wrong to exclude her.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jul/30/schools.religion 'Proud to be Welsh and a Sikh'. Schoolgirl wins court battle to wear religious bangle] guardian.co.uk, 30 July 2008</ref><br />
<br />
The first purpose-built Sikh [[gurdwara]] was opened in [[Cardiff]] in 1989.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/religion/sites/timeline/pages/religion_in_wales_15.shtmlMmulticultural Wales]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} BBC News, accessed 24 March 2009</ref><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Sikhism in England]]<br />
*[[Sikhism in Scotland]]<br />
*[[Religion in Wales]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://sikhgurdwaracardiff.com/ Sikh Gurdwara Cardiff]<br />
<br />
{{Sikhism}}<br />
{{Europe topic|Sikhism in}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Religion in Wales|Sikhism]]<br />
[[Category:Sikhism in the United Kingdom]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{sikhism-stub}}<br />
{{Wales-stub}}</div>>Monkbot