'God is one': Harbhajan Singh condemns attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan

An angry group of local residents in Pakistan are said to have pelted stones at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib on Friday evening. The group was led by the family of a boy who had allegedly abducted a Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur, daughter of gurdwara's pathi.

The vandalism at the revered Gurdwara Nankana Sahib has steered Indians who have called upon the neighbouring country to take immediate steps to ensure the safety and security of the Sikh community there.

Veteran Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh also took to Twitter to condemn the attack. 

He has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to take all the necessary steps to ensure peace. 

Harbhajan tweeted a video of Hassan threatening to destroy the holy Sikh shrine. “Don’t know what’s wrong with some people why can’t they live in peace...Mohammad Hassan openly threatens to destroy Nankana Sahib Gurdwara and build the mosque in that place...very sad to see this,” said the Indian cricketer.

Don’t know what’s wrong with some people why can’t they live in peace.. Mohammad Hassan openly threatens to destroy Nankana Sahib Gurdwara and build the mosque in that place..very sad to see this @ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/vbmzsZNX1x

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) January 4, 2020

He wrote, "God is one..let’s not divide it and create hate among each other’s.. let’s be human first and respect each other.. Mohammad Hassan openly threatens to destroy Nankana Sahib Gurdwara and build the mosque in that place @ImranKhanPTI plz do the needful".

God is one..let’s not divide it and create hate among each other’s.. let’s be human first and respect each other’s.. Mohammad Hassan openly threatens to destroy Nankana Sahib Gurdwara and build the mosque in that place @ImranKhanPTI plz do the needful  pic.twitter.com/egjRo5oml4

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) January 4, 2020

In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs claimed: “members of the minority Sikh community” have been “subjected to acts of violence” in Nankana Sahib. 

“These reprehensible actions followed the forcible abduction and conversion of Jagjit Kaur, the Sikh girl who was kidnapped from her home in the city of Nankana Sahib in August last year,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

“India strongly condemns these wanton acts of destruction and desecration of the holy place.” 

The Indian government also called upon the government of Pakistan to take immediate steps to ensure the safety, security, and welfare of the members of the Sikh community.

“Strong action must be taken against the miscreants who indulged in the desecration of the holy gurudwara and attacked members of the minority Sikh community,” the MEA said. “In addition, the government of Pakistan is enjoined to take all measures to protect and preserve the sanctity of the holy Nankana Sahib Gurdwara and its surroundings.”