Local Sikhs Hold Vigil in Easton
Sikh temple in Williams Township will hold memorial service tonight for Wisconsin shooting victims.
Two days after a mass shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh temple left seven people dead, dozens of Lehigh Valley Sikhs came together in Easton Tuesday evening for a gesture of solidarity and remembrance. It was a gathering meant to send a message to the larger community that "we do support them, and we appreciate their support as well," said Jasmeen Kaur, gathered with her friends after the vigil in Easton's Centre Square. On Sunday, a man shot and killed six people inside a gurdwara -- a Sikh temple -- in Oak Creek, a suburb of Milkwaukee. The shooter, identified as Wade Page -- a 40-year-old with ties to neo-Nazi groups -- before killing himself, the FBI said Wednesday morning.. But where Page brought hatred, people in Centre Square brought …
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louis kootsares
9:47 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
a terrible thing.. reading what jasmeet singh bansal said all people should accept sikhs or anyone else who is different this is what makes america great ..needless to say the hate groups really do nothing constructive for this country..how many neo nazis have done anything constructive lately? more ›