California police open hate crime probe in vandalization of Sikh temple
Source: Reuters
California police open hate crime probe in vandalization of Sikh temple
Reuters
10 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in Southern California have opened a hate crime investigation into the vandalization of a Sikh house of worship in Orange County that was defaced with Islamaphobic and gang graffiti, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
The graffiti was discovered on the exterior of the Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Buena Park and included the word Islam - spelled "Islahm" - and a reference to Islamic State militants, said the Sikh Coalition, an advocacy group for the Sikh community.
The defacement, discovered on Sunday, came days after a Muslim couple massacred 14 people at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California. The graffiti, much of it illegible, also included some gang references, the Sikh Coalition said in a statement.
The group said the gurdwara - a place of worship for Sikhs - had reported the incident to the Buena Park police and had asked local and federal authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
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totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)don't have anything in common. Sikhism and Islam are totally different religions and in the Indian subcontinent they are at each other's throats
atreides1
(16,084 posts)That the asshat or asshats that did it, either don't know the difference or just don't care!
Now that Trump and the Republican party have endorsed violence against anyone who looks like a Muslim, this will only get worse...possibly to the point where someone will be murdered!!!
cynzke
(1,254 posts)Ignorant idiots did this. The type who love Trump and Palin.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)I know I've heard of more than a few stories like that. These people can't even get their prejudice and violent hate right.
JI7
(89,259 posts)What this would be about.
I hope the Sikhs are doing what they can to protect themselves
jpak
(41,758 posts)yup
dembotoz
(16,811 posts)neither look baptist.....(or methodist or fill in the blank)
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)hopemountain
(3,919 posts)religion as muslims. i hope they are found and prosecuted and educated.