Faced with imminent deportation , he sought sanctuary in july in a sikh temple near vancouver , but was arrested when he went to hospital to get treatment .
And don 't forget that india is overwhelmingly hindu but now has a sikh prime minister and a white christian as president of its ruling party , and until last year it had a muslim in the largely ceremonial position of president .
Sikh militancy , kashmir , the sri lanka conflict and the bangladesh war are recounted in school textbook prose , accompanied by some baffling non sequiturs .
Sant jarnail singh bhindranwale , a controversial indian militant sikh , argued , " if you do not want beards then you should urge the women to become men and you should become women . "
By january 14th nine churches , a convent and a sikh temple across the country had been hit .
截止14日全国有9所教堂、一所女修道院和一所印度稀客教堂遭遇了袭击。
As well as the assisi authorities , delegates at this week 's gathering came from pilgrimage destinations such as the sikh holy city of amritsar , the armenian sacred capital of echmiadzin , haifa in israel , revered by bahais , and kano in nigeria , an important centre for muslims .