^^^ would be interesting to see the percentage of crimes against Sikhs as there's been a lot of news regarding hate crimes towards them in the USA since 9/11 as they're mistaken for muslims
there's a sikh organization in the states called SALDEF which suggest the "true" number of hate crimes is likely 15X what is reported by the FBI when it comes to sikhs & muslims (back in 2005 it was listed as 800 incidents) as most incidents go unreported or aren't classified as hate crimes
http://www.saldef.org/
i guess it doesnt help their community when networks show scenes of sikhs when speaking of terrorists/al-qaeda etc
http://www.saldef.org/general/monito...media-for-you/
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Originally Posted by zulutango
Don't think they hate Islam, just the way the religion is being used for political purposes by some people and the lack of condemnation within the religion for those that twist it to their purposes.
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a popular talking point by bigots like pamela geller eve though she's been consistently proven wrong her and others like to continue to use it