:Sikhism in Wales
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The arrival of Sikhism in Wales is relatively recent. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census there were 4,048 Sikhs in the country representing 0.1% of the population.{{Cite web |title=Religion, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}{{cite web|title=2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-286262|publisher=ons.gov.uk|access-date=15 December 2012}}
History
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{{Cite web |title=KS209EW (Religion) - Nomis - 2011 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks209ew |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}{{Cite web |title=KS007 - Religion - Nomis - 2001 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/ks007 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}
|2001 | 2,015
|2011 | 2,962
|2021 | 4,048
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Sikhs have faced some difficulties in Wales: in 2000, a popular Sikh was murdered in a racially motivated attack in Port Talbot.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/apr/17/race.world|title=Sikh murder in Wales treated as race attack|first=Martin|last=Wainwright|date=17 April 2000|newspaper=The Guardian}} The issue of Sikhism in Wales again came to wider attention in 2008 when the only Sikh pupil at Aberdare Girls' School was banned from school for refusing to remove her kara[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7463747.stm 'Bangle' girl begins ruling wait] BBC News, 19 June 2008 though the High Court eventually ruled that the school had been wrong to exclude her.[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jul/30/schools.religion 'Proud to be Welsh and a Sikh'. Schoolgirl wins court battle to wear religious bangle] guardian.co.uk, 30 July 2008
The first purpose-built Sikh gurdwara was opened in Cardiff in 1989.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/religion/religion_multicultural_wales.shtml|title=Multicultural Wales|website=BBC News|accessdate=21 January 2024}}
Notable Welsh Sikhs
See also
References
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External links
- [http://sikhgurdwaracardiff.com/ Sikh Gurdwara Cardiff]
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