Are There Any Arab Sikhs?

[KhalistaniGunMan]

Has there ever been an arab sikh community historically?...or are there prominent sikhs around who are of arab background?...just curious....if im not mistaken baba deep singh had guru granth sahib translated into arabic....surely there was parchaar spreading into arab lands?

[SantLUCIFER]

There probably are, but are not allowed to convert to other Religions so would not be making a song and dance about it if they had.

[KhalistaniGunMan]

no i dont mean individuals who have converted out of their own free will...i mean whole communitys of sikhs...if im not mistaken guru nanak dev ji estabalished a sikh community when he passed through iraq...

[MAJHAIL_JATT]

I heard there are some in Baghdad Iraq. I don't know about community, how that could be sustained in such a hostile region. I know Sikhi has flourished under hostility so I hope there is. Guru Nanak Ji stayed there on his way to Mecca and there is a shrine there as well. Saddam Hussein had actually reconditioned it with the request of a Singh from Dehli. He was most level headed secular ruler (religion wise, I know he committed crimes but those were fueled by absolute power) of that entire region full of zealots. But now I heard it was badly damaged during the war.

[MAJHAIL_JATT]

plz delete

[singh1986]

There are some from Iran (I don't know if this is Arab... maybe more Persian !?!? )... I met a guy from Tehran a few years ago who said he was Sikh! He didn't have kesh or anything but said they were followers of Guru Nanak... bit like some sindhi SIkhs of Pakistan I suppose.

Apparently there are one or two Gurdwaray in Tehran where most Sikhs and Hindus in Iran live and often share religious buildings out of necessity.

[singh1986]

Googled it! Gurdwara in Tehran pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/misskarren/4145817113/

[West London Singh]

Arabs are a race of people. If you're gonna assocaiate Iranians (Persians) with the totally different race of Arabs then you might as well post pics of Gurdwaras in Singapore and Hong Kong too.

As for the Gurdwaras in Iran....the sangat....specifically the larger sangat in the wild west city of Zahedan, are all ethnic Punjabi khatri / arora traders. Not Persian.

In the 'muslim world' as a whole, I would guess that the tribal mountains of north west frontier province is the one place where - judging from the photographs of sikhs I've seen - whole communities of ethnic pathans are sikhs. (although the majority of sikhs there are ethnic punjabi aroras)

[Guru_Da_Chella]

There are definetly Nanakshahis, but I don't know if there are any arab Nanakshahi muslim-sikhs. (Yes I said muslim-sikh, some people are not confined to boundaries lol)

[KhalistaniGunMan]

i ask the question should we be looking to expand sikhi in all areas including the middle east...or does the prospect of being beheaded by Muslim zealots deter us