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History

There exists but one God, who is called the True, the Creator, free from fear and hate, immortal, not begotten, self-existent, attained by God's grace.

(The Mool Manter – p.1 Guru Granth Sahib)


The Sikh Community
Sikhs believe in one God and respect equality of all people, regardless of caste, colour, creed or sex.
In most Sikh Communities there is a GURDWARA (Sikh place of worship) which is the rendezvous chosen by Sikhs for meeting, speaking about God and for public worship. It is a place for meditation, divine knowledge, bliss and tranquillity. Unlike other places of worship, a Gurdwara has as its focal point the GURU GRANTH SAHIB (Sikh Holy Book) placed on a platform under a canopy.

N. Ireland
The earliest Sikh immigrants to Northern Ireland were mainly former members of the British army who arrived in the late 1920s from the Punjab in India, via East Africa and Britain. Most settled in or near the city of Londonderry.

The present Sikh community still lives mainly in the North West of Northern Ireland and comprises about 20 families in all, or in the region of 100-150 individuals. In 1990 the Northern Ireland Sikh Association was formed and shortly afterwards the Northern Ireland Sikh Cultural and Community Centre was established in the Waterside district of Derry. There is also a small Sikh community in North Belfast and Glengormley.

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