New York Candlelit Vigil In Remembrance of Sikhs killed in Wisconsin
August 8th, 2012 by
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Sikhs wearing T-shirts that read "We Are All Sikhs" educate visitors at a Union Square candlelight vigil to mourn the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting.
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Sikh men hold candles in Union Square to mourn the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting.
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Two Sikh men in Union Square placed candles in their turbans, at a candlelight vigil to mourn the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Sikh temple massacre. Sikh men are distinctive for wearing turbans, sometimes confused with Muslim headdresses.
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Sikh women hold candles in Union Square at a vigil to mourn the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting.
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A Sikh man holds a candle in Union Square at the vigil to mourn the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Sikh temple massacre. Sikh men are distinctive for wearing turbans, sometimes confused with Muslim headdresses.
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A Sikh man holds a candle in Union Square at a vigil to mourn the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting.
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A statue of Gandhi in Union Square, near the candlelight vigil to mourn the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin Sikh temple massacre.
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Over a thousand people attended a candlelight vigil in Union Square, New York, to mourn the six victims of a Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin.
On Wednesday, August 8, 2012, more than a thousand people of all faiths attended a candlelight vigil in Union Square, New York.
They were there to mourn and remember the Sikhs killed in the Oak Creek, Wisconsin temple massacre the prior Sunday, August 5.
Attendees held signs with messages of solidarity such as "Proud To Be a Sikh", "We Are All Sikhs" and "I Am An American and a Sikh."
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