According to Times of India "Sikhs of Austria will now be able to use Singh and Kaur after their forename, mention Sikhism as their religion, and register themselves as Sikhs after the Sikh religion was officially registered by the Austrian government.
While talking to TOI over the phone from Vienna on Monday, Jatinder
Singh Bajwa, secretary Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji Parkash,22nd
District, Vienna said now the Sikhs and their children would be able to use
Singh and Kaur after their forenames which they earlier used to write in the “extra
name” column. About the process of registration of Sikhism in Austria, he said
that there are seven gurdwaras in Austria out of which three were in Vienna
with one each in Klagenfurt, Linz, Graz and Salzburg. The gurdwara management committees
of Austria then constituted a nine-member committee on November 1,2019. The
committee was entrusted with the task of pursing the registration process of
the Sikh religion with the Austrian government. Bajwa said that the committee
prepared a “constitution” on Sikh religion and their practices incorporating
the values of Sikhism submitted with the Austrian government. “On December 17
we received a letter informing about the registration of Sikhism in Austria and
on December 23rd we held a thanksgiving prayer in the gurdwara” he said.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee president Bibi Jagir Kaur said “This is
an important achievement attained with the efforts of sangat in Austria.” “Now
that Sikhism is registered in Austria, it will help in dispelling the mythis of
Sikh identity abroad,” said Kaur.
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