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Vid : Ardas for Sikhs killed in USA by DSGMC : SikhsIndia

Ardas for Sikhs killed in USA was held at Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi. Scores of Sikh Sangat was present there alongwith CM of Delhi Smt Shiela Dikshit, Minister Sd Arvinder Singh Lovely, Maharani Patiala as well Sd. Harvinder singh Sarna.
 

Vid by : SikhsIndia : www.sikhsindia.blogspot.in ( Plz bear with the quality ).

Ardaas for Sikhs killed in USA at Gurdwara Bangla sahib

Keertan Darbar in Krishna Nagar, Delhi

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-girlfriend of Sikh temple shooter arrested on weapons charge

 

MILWAUKEE –  Misty Cook, the ex-girlfriend of the man suspected of killing six worshippers at a Sikh temple before a police officer shot and killed him, was arrested on a weapons charge, law enforcement officials told FoxNews.com.

The gun was found during a search of the South Milwaukee home where Cook lives, sources said. The weapon, which law enforcement sources did not identify, was not involved in Sunday’s attack. A law enforcement source said Cook has a 2002 felony conviction for eluding police, making it illegal for her to possess a gun. She was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm and later released.

"The longer she stayed here with him, the more quiet and more withdrawn she got. In the end she didn't even make eye contact with me."- David Brown, formewr neighbor

Cook, a 31-year-old nursing student, lived with Page at two separate apartments in South Milwaukee and Cudahy, Wis., according to neighbors. She has not been charged in connection with the temple shooting. Sources said Cook will be arrested and processed by the South Milwaukee Police Department.

Jenna Benn, the Anti-Defamation League’s assistant regional director in Chicago told Stars and Stripes that Cook is affiliated with the white-power group Volksfront and is a supporter of the Hammerskin Nation, a Dallas-based white supremacy group. She said Page's ex-girlfriend is a prolific poster on hate forums.

with thanks : FOXNEWS : LINK : for detailed news.

Sikh vigil gathers neighbours of many faiths

 

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A circle of more than 120 visitors and members of Huntsville Sikh community sat together in prayer Friday evening in a demonstration of unity in the face of the violence of Sunday’s shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.

“I look out, and I see all religions, all races here,” said Huntsville police Capt. Tommy Presley Jr. “This is our America. I know some people don’t see it that way, but this is the real America.”

The gunman in Sunday’s attack, which killed six people and wounded four others, including a police officer, was a member of white supremacist organizations.

Dr. Daniel Crosby, a psychologist who said he became friends in high school with a teenage member of the congregation because, as a Mormon and a Sikh, they both faced misunderstanding of their faiths, also spoke. 

There was a good reason for people in Huntsville to gather, he said, even though they are more than 600 miles from where the attack happened.

“Violence against one faith group is violence against the bodies of all faith groups everywhere,” Crosby said, speaking with a voice strained with emotion. “Doing harm to any of God’s children is doing harm to all of God’s children.”

The tragedy that had brought so many visitors to the temple and prompted many to learn about Sikhs should lead to action, Crosby said. 

“Moments like this vigil are bought at an expensive price,” Crosby said. “The least we can do is to determine how we will become part of a brighter tomorrow.”

Rajinder Singh Mehta, one of the congregational leaders, thanked visitors for their support of the Sikh community. 

“We are refusing to accept that human beings are malicious and hateful,” Mehta said. “We are rejecting the notion that we need to live in fear.”

with thanks : AL : LINK : for detailed news.

Thousands Gather to Mourn Six Dead in Shooting at Temple

 

OAK CREEK, Wis. — One by one, six coffins were rolled into a high school gymnasium here Friday and were surrounded by Sikh men and women singing traditional Punjabi hymns. As they sang, thousands of people from around the world streamed into the gym to mourn the six worshipers who were shot and killed on Sunday at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin here.

The deaths have rocked the town and reverberated throughout the global Sikh community, leading neighbors to skip work and visitors from as far as India to converge at Oak Creek High School for a group memorial service and wake. 

“These bullets have hit their hearts,” said Rajwant Singh, chairman of Sikh Council on Religion and Education, who traveled from Washington. “It has become a big family gathering. It is really a shaking moment hitting the core of the community.” 

During the visitation, families of the victims stood next to the bodies of their loved ones. Wooden coffins, draped with white cloth, were lined up under the basketball nets. Behind each coffin was a portrait of the victim and flowers.

A line of visitors stretched out the door and into the parking lot. 

Though the gym was packed, with bleachers overflowing, the room was completely still as the victims’ names were read over a loudspeaker: Sita Singh, 41; Ranjit Singh, 49; Prakash Singh, 39; Paramjit Kaur, 41; Suveg Singh, 84; and the temple’s president, Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65. 

People of a range of races and faiths wore colored head scarves out of respect for the Sikh religion. Some were red-eyed from crying. Others clutched rosary beads. It was the most recent example of the outpouring of support from a community that has held vigils, sent comforting e-mails, and helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the victims’ families over the past week.

“I don’t see how we can forget this,” said Barbara Henschel, 41, of who lives in nearby Milwaukee and took time off work to attend the service. “There’s a lot of healing that will have to begin.” 

Representatives of the victims’ families, Sikh religious leaders and government officials spoke during the memorial service, among them Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. 

“No matter what country your ancestors came from, no matter where you worship, no matter what your background, as Americans, we are one,” said Mr. Walker. “When you attack one of us, you attack all of us.” 

with thanks : NYTimes : LINK : for detailed news.

Sikh rams car into boards outside U.S. Embassy

The person disclosed that he lost his cool after he read about the shooting incident in Wisconsin and had gone to the Embassy to register his protest.

Enraged over the shooting incident at a gurdwara at Wisconsin in the US in which six members of the Sikh community were gunned down and dozens injured by a U.S. Army veteran this past Sunday, a young Sikh allegedly rammed his car into some signboards outside the U.S. Embassy in the high-security Chanakyapuri area of New Delhi on Wednesday. He was let off after he tendered a written apology for his conduct. 

An alert was sounded at the U.S. Embassy around 8 p.m. and the Delhi Police immediately summoned after security guards deployed near the rear portion of the Embassy premises on Nyay Marg noticed a man in a Wagon-R car ramming some signage boards put up outside the visa section. The man also allegedly entered into an altercation with a security guard.

The suspect was overpowered and handed over to the police. A senior security officer at the Embassy said the person had created a ruckus earlier too as he had been denied visa on two-three occasions. However, according to a police source, the person disclosed that he lost his cool after he read about the shooting incident in Wisconsin and had gone to the Embassy to register his protest.

“He was identified as a resident of Tilak Nagar, following which we contacted his family. We counselled him and informed him that the U.S. authorities had expressed regret over the killings and that the American flag at the Embassy was also kept at half-mast as a symbol of mourning,” said an officer. Having verified his antecedents, the police contacted the U.S. Embassy officials to ascertain if they wanted to pursue the matter. “They sought a written apology from him,” said the officer, adding that the person was let off after he apologised in writing.

with thanks : The Hindu : LINK : for detailed news.

Lawsuit filed in US against Punjab CM Badal

 

On a visit here to commiserate with the Sikhs after the Gurdwara shooting, Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal has been hit with a federal lawsuit by a US-based human rights group alleging the 'torture' of Sikhs in the state. 

The lawsuit contends that Badal had command and control of law enforcement officials, who "inflicted cruel and inhumane treatment and extrajudicial death" on three named plaintiffs and thousands of other unnamed members of a requested class of plaintiffs, the Journal Sentinel newspaper here said. 

Badal is visiting Milwaukee for a wedding and to attend the funerals of victims in Sunday's Gurdwara shooting in which six Sikhs were killed. 

The 30-page complaint was filed in US District Court in Milwaukee by Avtar Singh of New York, who lists himself as coordinator of 'Sikhs for Justice.' The daily said Badal declined to comment about the suit, saying he hadn't seen it. 

with thanks : Deccan Chronical : LINK : for detailed news.