Leicester, 31 August 2014 – An interfaith Anand Karaj between a Christian and Sikh was stopped by protesting Sikhs at Guru Amar Das Gurdwara in Leicester yesterday.
Police was called at the scene.
According to sources, this was the second time such incident has occured in last four months at this Gurdwara Sahib.
The Sikh protesters believed it was hypocritical for a bride or groom to go through a ceremony when they do not truly believe in the Sikh faith.
There are around 300 gurdwaras in Britain and each is run by elected committees of worshippers.
The rules on the anand karaj, which is the formal name for the Sikh wedding, are set by the religion’s governing body which is based at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.
In 2007 it advised gurdwaras the anand karaj should only be between two Sikhs and the protesters say some gurdwara committees are not respecting the faith by allowing non-Sikhs who do not believe in the religion to marry there.