“‘We will kill you, we will sell your children in Cuba, and tie up your women with your turbans,’” he says. “It was hard on us.” — a member of the Sikh family in Sterling, Virginia, who recently received a death threat accusing them of being a member of the Taliban, recounts the previous threats made against them in the past which also included spraying graffiti on their home.

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: hate crime, SALDEF, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Sterling, Virginia

According to SALDEF (the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund), a Sikh family in Sterling, Virginia received a death threat in the mail this week. The anonymous letter accuses this family as being members of the Taliban: “Our People in the neighborhood have been closely watching your activities and figured out you are a close associate of a secret Taliban movement on the US Soil. We ask you to leave the country as soon as possible otherwise one of […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: hate crime, SALDEF, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Sterling, Virginia