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'''Swiss Sikhs''' are a small religious minority in [[Switzerland]], | '''Swiss Sikhs''' are a small religious minority in [[Switzerland]]. It is estimated that there are 1,000 Sikhs in Switzerland. There are four [[Gurdwara]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chandrasekhar |first=Anand |title=How the Sikhs integrated in Switzerland |work=SwissInfo |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/minority-report_how-the-sikhs-integrated-in-switzerland/45064178 |quote=Baumann estimates that about a thousand Sikhs now live in Switzerland. The numbers reached their peak of 3,000 in the 1990s but then over 2,000 of those eventually emigrated to Canada or other countries.}}</ref> | ||
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The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers.<ref name="Gurdwaras in Switzerland">[http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gurudwaras-in-switzerland.html Gurdwaras in Switzerland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118093000/http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gurudwaras-in-switzerland.html |date=2008-01-18 }}</ref> | |||
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Swiss Sikhs are a small religious minority in Switzerland. It is estimated that there are 1,000 Sikhs in Switzerland. There are four Gurdwaras.[1]
Migration[edit | edit source]
The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers.[2]
Gurdwaras[edit | edit source]
- Gurdwara Sahib, Langenthal. This gurdwara, first begun in 1996, was finished in 2006. It is the first Sikh shrine in Switzerland built in the traditional Sikh style
- Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sabha, Jean Antoine Gautier 11,1201 Geneva. http://www.sikhgurdwarageneva.ch/
Gurudwara Sikh Gemeinde Schweiz Däniken
- Gurdwara Sahib Zürich, Vorbuchenstrasse 13, 8303 Bassersdorf Switzerland
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Chandrasekhar, Anand. "How the Sikhs integrated in Switzerland". SwissInfo.
Baumann estimates that about a thousand Sikhs now live in Switzerland. The numbers reached their peak of 3,000 in the 1990s but then over 2,000 of those eventually emigrated to Canada or other countries.
- ↑ Gurdwaras in Switzerland Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
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