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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Local Sikhs Donate to Wounded Wisconsin Officer

The Guru Nanak Sikh Society of the Lehigh Valley in Lower Nazareth meets with Colonial Regional Police Chief Seiple, donating $1,100 to officer injured trying to stop Wisconsin gunman from killing Sikhs.

When a crazed gunman killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Sikhs in the Lehigh Valley region were moved by the outpouring of support from the rest of the country for the victims.  "The whole of America stood with us, the people, the media, the politicians," said Tajinder Tung of the Guru Nanak Sikh Society of the Lehigh Valley, based in Lower Nazareth. "There are no words to thank them."  So they decided one way would be to donate money to the Wisconsin police officer who was badly wounded trying to stop the attack. The Valley Sikh community collected $1,100 that members gave to Colonial Regional Police Chief Roy Seiple, who forwarded it to the officer's police association.  Seiple visited the Guru Nanak temple -- called a …

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Local Sikhs Upset by Wisconsin Temple Shooting

The Lehigh Valley Sikh community of about 400 families is disturbed by Sunday's mass shooting at a temple in a Milwaukee suburb.

The Sikh Society of Lehigh Valley - found among farm fields and a few houses in Northampton County - is a religious center you might never notice. For the 400 families the temple serves, however, the seclusion has become a cause for alarm. Seven people were killed and many others wounded in a Sunday morning mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, a suburb of Milwaukee. Police said three bodies were found outside the temple and four were inside the building. The gunman is among the dead in what police are calling a "well-coordinated attack." "We need protection here, too," said Jaswinder Singh, a committee member at the local Sikh temple in Lower Nazareth Township. "We’re not feeling safe." While children -- some too …

louis kootsares

4:15 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012

thats terrible everyone should arm themselves thats the best deterrant against terrorists and other bad people when bad things happen the boohoo pablum fed people try to use it as ammo to take away our 2nd amendment rights and with shady people like sadam obahma and the mayor wannabe god of new york you needs all the rights you can get   more ›

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