Sikhism in Wales
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The arrival ofSikhisminWalesis relatively recent. As of the2021 United Kingdom censusthere were 4,048 Sikhs in the country representing 0.1% of the population.[1][2]
History
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,015 | — |
| 2011 | 2,962 | +47.0% |
| 2021 | 4,048 | +36.7% |
| Source:Office for National Statistics [3][4] | ||
Sikhs have faced some difficulties in Wales: in 2000, a popular Sikh was murdered in a racially motivated attack inPort Talbot.[5]The issue of Sikhism in Wales again came to wider attention in 2008 when the only Sikh pupil atAberdare Girls' Schoolwas banned from school for refusing to remove herkara[6]though theHigh Courteventually ruled that the school had been wrong to exclude her.[7]
The first purpose-built Sikhgurdwarawas opened inCardiffin 1989.[8]
Notable Welsh Sikhs
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Religion, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics".ons.gov.uk.Retrieved30 November2022.
- ^"2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales".ons.gov.uk.Retrieved15 December2012.
- ^"KS209EW (Religion) - Nomis - 2011".nomisweb.co.uk.Retrieved18 October2022.
- ^"KS007 - Religion - Nomis - 2001".nomisweb.co.uk.Retrieved18 October2022.
- ^Wainwright, Martin (17 April 2000)."Sikh murder in Wales treated as race attack".The Guardian.
- ^'Bangle' girl begins ruling waitBBC News, 19 June 2008
- ^'Proud to be Welsh and a Sikh'. Schoolgirl wins court battle to wear religious bangleguardian.co.uk, 30 July 2008
- ^"Multicultural Wales".BBC News.Retrieved21 January2024.
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