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Elderly Sikh man brutally assaulted in alleged hate attack – UPDATED

May 7, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last night, news broke that an elderly Sikh man in Fresno, California, was attacked and beaten severely on Sunday in an alleged hate-motivated assault. Piara Singh, 82 years old, was brutally beaten after leaving the Gurdwara Nanaksar in Fresno on Sunday morning: Piara Singh was beaten with a steel rod. He is currently admitted in the hospital undergoing treatment for severe head injuries, and his condition is said to be critical. His rib was also fractured and a lung collapsed during the […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Anup Singh, California, Florida, Fresno, Gurmej Atwal, hate crimes, Kanwaljit Singh, Oak Creek, Paramjit Kaur, Piara Singh, Port Orange, Prakash Singh and Suveg Singh Khattra, Punjab Singh, Ranjit Singh, Satwant Singh Kaleka, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Sita Singh, Surinder Singh, Wisconsin

Kamaljit Saini, son of Oak Creek shooting victim Paramjit Kaur, is waiting for the FBI to release its full report into the attack. (source: Fox 6 Now)

Oak Creek, WI, victim families still waiting for answers from FBI

March 6, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In November of last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) closed its investigation into the Oak Creek, Wisconsin mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in which six innocent worshipers were murdered by a white supremacist. The FBI issued a one-page press release stating that there was “no evidence to suggest the attack was part of any ongoing threat to the Sikh community.” At the time, the FBI declined to provide additional information, and the victims’ families expressed […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes • Tags: FBI, FBI Hate Crime Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, hate crimes, Kamaljit Saini, Oak Creek, Paramjit Kaur, Sikh Coalition, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

Harpeet Singh Saini testifies at a US Senate hearing about the mass shooting that took his mother during the 2012 Oak Creek Gurdwara mass shooting in Wisconsin. Photo: C-SPAN

Thoughts on the US Senate hearing on hate violence

September 21, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On Wednesday, as many had, I watched the webcast of the US Senate hearing “Hate Crimes and the Threat of Domestic Extremism” in which testimony was given by various government agencies and representatives of points of view in relation to hate violence. Among those providing testimony was Harpreet Singh Saini, one of the sons (his brother Kamaljit Singh Saini was also in attendance) of victim Paramjit Kaur, who was killed in the shooting rampage at the Gurdwara in Oak Creek, […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Events, Hate Crimes, Politics • Tags: Daryl Johnson, Dick Durbin, extremism, FBI Hate Crime Statistics, Harpreet Singh Saini, hate crimes, Hate Crimes & the Threat of Domestic Extremism, Herb Kohl, Kamaljit Singh Saini, Oak Creek, Paramjit Kaur, Richard Blumenthal, Wisconsin

Recognizing the female Sikh identity

August 10, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Gunisha Kaur, on the Huffington Post, discusses the often-overlooked component of the Sikh identity – that expressed by women: The American public has started to learn about the significance of the turban and uncut hair to both Sikh women and men. Though Sikh women connect to the male identity on a very personal level through their husbands, fathers and sons, they are not exclusively defined by the image of the turban and the beard. Uncut hair is as much an […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, Reflections • Tags: Gunisha Kaur, Gurdwara, hate crimes, Oak Creek, Paramjit Kaur, Sikh women, Wisconsin

The victims of the Wisconsin Gurdwara attack

August 8, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Below are photos of the people killed in the murderous rampage that took place at the Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on Sunday. You can read more about each of them in the Los Angeles Times. I marvel at the personal stories of these individuals – all were highly regarded by those who knew them. Their lives serve as inspiration today. Let us hope that we do justice to their legacy.

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Gurdwara, hate crimes, Oak Creek, Paramjit Kaur, Prakash Singh, Ranjit Singh, Satwant Singh Kaleka, Sita Singh, Suveg Singh, Wisconsin

Considering the experience of Sikhs in America.

Tag: Paramjit Kaur