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This document discusses hate crimes against Sikhs that occurred after 9/11. It provides details on four specific incidents: 1) Anti-Sikh graffiti spray painted on a temple in Fresno, CA in 2004. 2) The murder of a Sikh gas station owner in Arizona by a man who said he was targeting Arabs. 3) An arson attack that severely damaged a Sikh temple in New York in 2001. 4) A Sikh liquor store owner in LA who was beaten by two men using metal poles, also in 2001.

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I N T E R C O N N E C T E D E T H I C S F O R T H E F R E E D O M A N D E Q U A L I T Y O F A L L L I V I N G A S WA R R I O R S A I N T S
S I K H I S M : WA R R I O R S A I N T S N I R I N J A N K A U R K H A L S A - L O Y O L A M A RY M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y C L I N I C A L P R O F E S S O R S I K H & J A I N S T U D I E S L O S A N G E L E S , C A
interconnected ethics (nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu) (1)
interconnected ethics (nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu) (1)
interconnected ethics (nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu) (1)
interconnected ethics (nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu) (1)
Hate Crimes Against Sikhs Post 9/11 March 14, 2004: Vandals spray-painted anti- Sikh graffiti on a Fresno, Calif. temple just before worshippers gathered for Sunday services. The racist phrases Rags Go Home and Its Not Your Country were scrawled on the outside walls of the Gurdwara Sahib in the northern Calif. city. No one was ever arrested in connection with the graffiti. Sept. 15, 2001: The Sikh owner of a Chevron gas station in a Phoenix suburb was murdered by a gunman just days after 9/11, in one of the first major cases of violence against a Sikh-American in the wake of the attacks. Balbir Singh Sodhi, 49, was fatally shot by 42-year-old Frank Roque, a Mesa, Ariz. resident, who said he was lashing out at Arabs after watching repeated footage of the World Trade Center attacks on television. He also attempted to shoot a Lebanese-American clerk at a nearby Mobil station and fired at a home owned by Afghan-Americans. As he was being arrested on charges of first-degree murder, Roque reportedly shouted, I stand for America all the way. He was convicted of Sodhis murder and was sentenced to death, which was later reduced to life in prison. Sodhis name was added to Arizonas 9/11 memorial in the wake of the tragedy. Nov 18, 2001: A Sikh house of worship, the Gobind Sadan, was severely damaged in an arson attack just months after 9/11. Located in Palermo, N.Y., 30 miles north of Syracuse, the temple was set ablaze by three local teenagers who reportedly mistook the name as Go bin Laden. Dec 10, 2001: Surinder Singh Sidhu had been wearing a star-spangled turban in the wake of the terrorist attacks to show his patriotism, but it couldnt stop the Los Angeles liquor store owner from being the victim of a vicious anti-religious attack. As the 47-year-old closed his shop, two men entered with 4-foot metal poles and beat him more than 20 times, reportedly saying Well kill bin Laden today. Sidhu was treated for head injuries but survived.
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interconnected ethics (nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu) (1)
Sukhmani Sahib: Peaceful Mind 1. Trade in Ego 2. Meditate on Unity 3. Nam in Heart Then: 1.Pain and Sorrow depart 2.Peace dwells in heart 3.Perform Good Deeds for Others 4. See the same Light in every heart 5. Treat enemies and friends alike 6. Peacefully Accepts whatever happens
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  • 1. I N T E R C O N N E C T E D E T H I C S F O R T H E F R E E D O M A N D E Q U A L I T Y O F A L L L I V I N G A S WA R R I O R S A I N T S
  • 2. S I K H I S M : WA R R I O R S A I N T S N I R I N J A N K A U R K H A L S A - L O Y O L A M A RY M O U N T U N I V E R S I T Y C L I N I C A L P R O F E S S O R S I K H & J A I N S T U D I E S L O S A N G E L E S , C A
  • 7. Hate Crimes Against Sikhs Post 9/11 March 14, 2004: Vandals spray-painted anti- Sikh graffiti on a Fresno, Calif. temple just before worshippers gathered for Sunday services. The racist phrases Rags Go Home and Its Not Your Country were scrawled on the outside walls of the Gurdwara Sahib in the northern Calif. city. No one was ever arrested in connection with the graffiti. Sept. 15, 2001: The Sikh owner of a Chevron gas station in a Phoenix suburb was murdered by a gunman just days after 9/11, in one of the first major cases of violence against a Sikh-American in the wake of the attacks. Balbir Singh Sodhi, 49, was fatally shot by 42-year-old Frank Roque, a Mesa, Ariz. resident, who said he was lashing out at Arabs after watching repeated footage of the World Trade Center attacks on television. He also attempted to shoot a Lebanese-American clerk at a nearby Mobil station and fired at a home owned by Afghan-Americans. As he was being arrested on charges of first-degree murder, Roque reportedly shouted, I stand for America all the way. He was convicted of Sodhis murder and was sentenced to death, which was later reduced to life in prison. Sodhis name was added to Arizonas 9/11 memorial in the wake of the tragedy. Nov 18, 2001: A Sikh house of worship, the Gobind Sadan, was severely damaged in an arson attack just months after 9/11. Located in Palermo, N.Y., 30 miles north of Syracuse, the temple was set ablaze by three local teenagers who reportedly mistook the name as Go bin Laden. Dec 10, 2001: Surinder Singh Sidhu had been wearing a star-spangled turban in the wake of the terrorist attacks to show his patriotism, but it couldnt stop the Los Angeles liquor store owner from being the victim of a vicious anti-religious attack. As the 47-year-old closed his shop, two men entered with 4-foot metal poles and beat him more than 20 times, reportedly saying Well kill bin Laden today. Sidhu was treated for head injuries but survived.
  • 8. O A K C R E E K A U G 5 , 2 0 1 2
  • 10. Sukhmani Sahib: Peaceful Mind 1. Trade in Ego 2. Meditate on Unity 3. Nam in Heart Then: 1.Pain and Sorrow depart 2.Peace dwells in heart 3.Perform Good Deeds for Others 4. See the same Light in every heart 5. Treat enemies and friends alike 6. Peacefully Accepts whatever happens