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Article: Rooted in faith: Sikh community fights prejudice, violence.
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- Record (Stockton, CA)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2006
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Byline: Anna Kaplan
May 26--Stockton Sikhs have regularly encountered stereotypes and misconceptions about their culture and religion, especially since Sept. 11, 2001. The turbans and long beards Sikh men wear evoke Islam, though they are Indian.
There have been attacks from outside the community, like a recent act of vandalism on a historic temple in Stockton. But a drive-by shooting on Mother's Day left many wondering why two men would open fire on their fellow Sikhs.
On May 14, six Sikh men suffered varying degrees of injuries after being shot outside the Sansar Indian Cuisine restaurant on Pacific Avenue in Stockton. Two of them are still ...
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