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Abhay and Amanat Singh honored for role in Oak Creek Sikh temple massacre (source: TMJ)

Sikh children honored for heroic act during Oak Creek, WI shooting

November 16, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Two children who were present during August’s shooting attack on the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Gurdwara were honored yesterday by the Yell and Tell Foundation for their efforts in alerting people in the Gurdwara: Abhay Singh and his sister Amanat did the right thing when gunman Wade Page showed up at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek and started shooting. The kids ran inside to tell adults about the dangerous situation. Their father, Benny Singh, thought divine intervention played a role […]

Categories: Hate Crimes, News Bits • Tags: Abhay Singh, Amanat Singh, Benny Singh, hate crimes, Oak Creek, shootings, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Yell and Tell Foundation

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Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy and Officer Sam Lenda recall the shooting at the Oak Creak, Wisconsin, Gurdwara in August (source: CBS News)

Oak Creek, WI, officers recall day of shooting

November 14, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

On the CBS Evening News, Oak Creek Police Lieutenant Brian Murphy and Officer Sam Lenda describe the events during the shooting rampage at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in August. Lt. Murphy offers several reflections, including about the shooter who took his own life: “He’s dead. He’s nothin’. The people who remain, the people who carry on, that’s what’s important,” he said. View the video and read more at CBS News.

Categories: Hate Crimes, News Bits • Tags: CBS Evening News, hate crimes, Lt. Brian Murphy, Oak Creek, Officer Sam Lenda, shootings, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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Picture of the Day: WI Sikhs hold vigil for victims of another shooting

October 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Over the weekend and almost two months after the shooting attack, another vigil was held at the Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to pray for the victims of another mass shooting in the area, this time at a salon in nearby Brookfield: Arriving at the staging area, near Brookfield Square Mall, involved “a lot of dejavu,” [Pardeep] Kaleka said. “It just brought back the flood of memories of what happened that day,” he said. “That waiting around to see what […]

Categories: Picture of the Day • Tags: Brookfield, Brookfield Square Mall, Oak Creek, Palmeet Kaur Rathor, Pardeep Kaleka, shootings, Wisconsin

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Poem of the Day

August 10, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

I was a locked temple; The gems of God were stored in my heart, And I knew not. My Master opened the door of my heart for me; My Master had the key and I knew it not. Now I see all. ~ Professor Puran Singh, 1881-1931

Categories: Civil Rights, Hate Crimes • Tags: Gurdwara, hate crimes, Oak Creek, shootings, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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