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August 10, 2012

Oak Creek Sikh Temple Reopens After Shooting 
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Wisconsin's Oak Creek Sikh Temple has opened its doors for the first
time since the shooting rampage that killed six worshippers. Thousands
of people are expected at a local high school today for a public
memorial honoring the victims. The civil rights activist Rev. Jesse
Jackson was among those to visit Oak Creek on Thursday to show his
support.

Rev. Jesse Jackson: "We do not want the Sikh community to feel
isolation. We are part of the same family. What we can do in this hour
is to share with you a lot of our concerns having being the part of this
and we must not limit ourselves and work together rather more closely
over long period of time as people are there, turban is there, be it the
skin color, but none of us in some way should demean because of our
appearances is not fair. It is not right."

 

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