Tampa (Florida): A Sikh priest has scripted history
by offering invocation at the Republican National Convention, where he
was invited by the party as part of its “healing touch” effort towards
the community shocked by the Wisconsin gurdwara massacre.
Ishwar Singh, the head priest of the Sikh Society of Central Florida,
offered invocation and brief opening remarks at the start of the
convention’s second days’ proceedings here yesterday, immediately after
America’s national anthem. “It was a great day for me and the Sikh
community,” Singh told PTI after creating history.
This is the first time in the history of Republican national conventions that a Sikh went to the stage to offer invocation.
“It is a great honour for me to be here today as a Sikh and as an
American. I am proud that my country cherishes the values of freedom,
equality and dignity,” Singh, sporting a white pagri, said in his
remarks in front of thousands of Republicans who had gathered from all
across the country to nominate Mitt Romney as their presidential
candidate.
Singh was invited for the invocation by the Republican party as part
of its “healing touch” effort towards the Sikh community which was
shocked and shattered by the killing of six worshippers in a gurdwara in
Wisconsin on 5 August.
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