WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney mistakenly confused the words “Sikh” and “sheik” at a fundraiser here Tuesday night when he offered his condolences to the victims of last weekend's shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. The presumptive
By Moni Basu, CNN. (CNN) – Harkirat Singh Soin remembers a day in 1999 when, after much contemplation, he finally took a seat in a barber's chair. All his 18 years, he'd worn long hair, first in a top knot, then in a dastar, or turban. It was an
Some 700000 of us belonging to the Sikh religion live in the United States. A majority of the Sikhs wear a beard and have an unshorn head of hair covered neatly under a turban. Often we are confused for Muslims (some of whom also wear turbans and sport
Some 700000 of us belonging to the Sikh religion live in the United States. A majority of the Sikhs wear a beard and have an unshorn head of hair covered neatly under a turban. Often we are confused for Muslims (some of whom also wear turbans and sport
Mitt Romney made an unfortunate slip of the tongue during a fundraiser Tuesday, when he mistakenly said "sheik" instead of "Sikh" while commenting on the tragic shooting in Wisconsin.
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