When the Sikh youth refused, their heads were chopped and sent to the Bhai Joga Singh Gurudwara in Peshawar.Ī sizeable number of Sikhs lived in the tribal belt, particularly Aurakzai Agency, till the Taliban imposed jiziya or religious tax on them in 2009. They were allegedly told by the Taliban to embrace Islam or face death. The Sikh youths - identified as Jaspal Singh, Sarabjit Singh and Baronat Singh - had gone to realise the money owed to them by some people in the FATA region adjoining Afghanistan, when they were abducted by the Taliban militia. Their severed heads were dumped at a gurudwara in Peshawar. NEW DELHI: In what threatens to cast a shadow on the upcoming Indo-Pakistan talks scheduled for February 25, three Sikh youths were beheaded by the Taliban in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) region after they allegedly refused to convert to Islam.
'Three Sikhs beheaded by Taliban in Pak,' from the Economic Times, February 22 (thanks to all who sent this in): 'A sizeable number of Sikhs lived in the tribal belt, particularly Aurakzai Agency, till the Taliban imposed jiziya or religious tax on them in 2009,' in accordance with Qur'an 9:29. From Jihad Watch (in case you missed it in the Indian newspapers)
