Friday, 10 August 2012

Sikh families eager to return to Milwaukee temple

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Sikh temple in Oak Creek is the center of Harpreet Singh's existence. The cab company owner visits almost every day. And when business takes him to the nearby Milwaukee airport, he makes a point to stop by and pay his respects.

Wade Michael Page, the gunman in a deadly shooting spree at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, had spent several years in Orange County, first drawn to the area in 2001 by its white power music scene, according to a scholar who knew him at the time. Page

Hide Caption. Julie Celebi, who represents the First Unitarian Church of San Jose, says that, even though she is not a Sikh, she can understand the senselessness of the tragedy and show her support. (Erchi Zhang / SFGate)

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,

This past Monday, when FBI Special Agent Teresa Carlson briefed reporters on the shooting rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that left six people dead, she said law enforcement had no prior indication that the shooter,


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