. . . as Sikhs get a gurdwara in Arabia. The temple, construction of which is behind schedule but nonetheless coming along, is due to open at the end of this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The royal rulers together with the council of Imams recently granted permission to build the 5000 seat gurdwara for the 50,000 or so Sikhs who live there.
As with the country’s attitude towards Christians, who, reports The Sikh Times (whence the title came), also have their own places of worship in Dubai, this is at least one example of “positive inter-religious interaction,” etc. Whether it helps counter the negative perception of Islam as lacking tolerance towards other faiths (and most other things), and the damage done to the religion by extremists – i.e. fuckwits – is another matter.
Fancy that, if you watch long enough you can even find out how many plates and glasses the kitchen facilities would allow staff to wash per hour . . .
