Illinois House denounces racial attacks on Sikhs
15 Dec 2012 7:57 AM IST
The Illinois House of Representatives has adopted a resolution denouncing racially motivated attacks against the Sikhs, particularly the shootout at a Wisconsin gurdwara in August that killed six Sikh worshippers.
Calling the shootout at the Oak Creek gurdwara as a ‘deplorable act of violence and hate’ the resolution acknowledged the American Sikh community's long standing commitment to the United States, according to United Sikhs, a community organisation. The Wisconsin shooting and other racially motivated attacks ‘have caused Sikhs and other communities to live under an unfair burden of vulnerability,’ it said. Denouncing hate-fuelled violence and encouraging civic engagement and participation among the immigrant and minority communities of Illinois, the resolution seeks to create greater awareness among the general public about Sikhs and other minority communities.
United Sikhs plans to commemorate the Illinois House resolution denouncing the ‘deplorable attacks on Sikh Americans and hate crimes and hateful political rhetoric’ on Sunday at Sikh Religious Society Gurdwara in Palatine, Illinois.
Calling the shootout at the Oak Creek gurdwara as a ‘deplorable act of violence and hate’ the resolution acknowledged the American Sikh community's long standing commitment to the United States, according to United Sikhs, a community organisation. The Wisconsin shooting and other racially motivated attacks ‘have caused Sikhs and other communities to live under an unfair burden of vulnerability,’ it said. Denouncing hate-fuelled violence and encouraging civic engagement and participation among the immigrant and minority communities of Illinois, the resolution seeks to create greater awareness among the general public about Sikhs and other minority communities.
United Sikhs plans to commemorate the Illinois House resolution denouncing the ‘deplorable attacks on Sikh Americans and hate crimes and hateful political rhetoric’ on Sunday at Sikh Religious Society Gurdwara in Palatine, Illinois.
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