more on Apology to Sikh tourists

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Yale Patt <patt () sunfire2 ece utexas edu>
Date: July 28, 2005 12:30:37 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Apology to Sikh tourists


What is also disgusting about this item is the implication that somehow
if they had been "practitioners of Islam," it would have made their
treatment more reasonable.

Yale

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    From: Sashikumar N <sashikumar.n () gmail com>
    Date: July 27, 2005 10:46:17 PM EDT
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    Subject: Apology to Sikh tourists
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      Apology to Sikh tourists

    NEW YORK: NewYork's Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has apologised to a
    group of British tourists after armed police swarmed on to an  
open-top
    sightseeing bus, handcuffed them and forced them to kneel on  
Broadway.
    The five Sikh tourists from Birmingham were ordered off the bus on
    Sunday with their hands bound behind their backs after a tour  
company
    employee called police to report that they seemed suspicious. The
    police cordoned off the block for 90 minutes, ordered all 60
    passengers off the bus, and searched their belongings and then  
their
    bodies. The five men were then identified by the employee and  
cuffed.
    Mr. Bloomberg advised New Yorkers to use common sense when  
reporting
    anything suspect and to avoid profiling people. ``It turned out  
that
    these people did not present any threat whatsoever,'' he said.

    - Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005
    http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072801901400.htm

    note: A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith  
originating
    in the Punjab, India
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhs
    Hundreds of thousands of Sikh-Americans live in the United  
States and
    enjoy respect and religious tolerance. At the same time, many
    Americans are relatively unaware of the Sikh population in the  
United
    States and often mistake Sikhs for practitioners of Islam.
    Following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack, the Sikh  
community
    received nearly 300 reported incidents of threats, vandalism, and
    violence, including two murders. The attackers mistook the Sikhs  
for
    followers of Islam.


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