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- Catherine Girls High School in the Warispura area of Faisalabad, was not only stripped of her turban by the school authorities but was also kicked and punched in the stomach for refusing to participate in Christian prayers.
- The Sikh Brotherhood International has strongly condemned an incident in which an Amritdhari Sikh girl’s turban was forcibly removed and she was brutally beaten at a Christian school in Faisalabad district (formerly Lyallpur), Pakistan.
- According to reports cited by a journalist, the victim’s mother claims that her daughter, Satnam Kaur, a student at St.
Teachers allegedly kicked and punched her for refusing to say Christian prayers, claims the victim’s mother
The Sikh Brotherhood International has strongly condemned an incident in which an Amritdhari Sikh girl’s turban was forcibly removed and she was brutally beaten at a Christian school in Faisalabad district (formerly Lyallpur), Pakistan. The organization has demanded strict action against the school administration.
According to reports cited by a journalist, the victim’s mother claims that her daughter, Satnam Kaur, a student at St. Catherine Girls High School in the Warispura area of Faisalabad, was not only stripped of her turban by the school authorities but was also kicked and punched in the stomach for refusing to participate in Christian prayers.
As per information provided by the victim’s mother, Manpreet Kaur, she has four daughters—Satnam Kaur, Ashmeet Kaur, Sukhmani Kaur, Simran Kaur—and one son, Jujhar Singh. She also stated that Satnam Kaur suffers from asthma. When her other daughter tried to help Satnam after she fell to the ground, teachers allegedly stopped her, claiming that Satnam was pretending to faint and exaggerating her pain.
The victim’s mother further alleged that despite appealing for action against the mistreatment of her daughter, she received no support from Sikh leaders in Pakistan.
Earlier, Manpreet Kaur had also reportedly been illegally confined for nine months at a house in Faisalabad’s D-Type Colony by Khurram Shahzad and his brother Khizar Shahzad. During this period, she alleged that she was repeatedly sexually assaulted and tortured by them and their father. Additionally, Khurram, with the help of his mother, allegedly disrespected her son Jujhar Singh’s hair (a sacred aspect of Sikh identity).
After this case was highlighted by a journalist, Ramesh Singh Arora, the Minister for Minority Affairs in Punjab (Pakistan), intervened and pressured Faisalabad police to secure her release.
Following such incidents, members of the Sikh community feel compelled to question whether such acts are being carried out with tacit support from authorities in Pakistan. S. Gunjeet Singh Bakhshi stated that some Sikhs living in India still speak of brotherhood with Pakistanis, but they should take lessons from such incidents and openly raise their voice in protest.
