Source: Punjab Express
http://www.indypressny.org/article.php3?ArticleID=1049
On August 29, 2003 Punjab Express reported that Gurdayal Singh, 36, a resident of Woodside, Queens and chairman of the local Sikh temple, was asked for his papers by an immigration officer before being verbally and physically harassed on a Greyhound Bus in Syracuse. Singh, a devout Sikh, wears a turban and has a long beard. After boarding the bus, Singh was taunted and called "Bin Lauden" repeatedly by a fellow passenger while others laughed in response. "I told him that I was a Sikh and not even a Muslim," recalls Singh. The bus driver refused to intervene and asked both Singh and the man harassing him to leave the bus. It was only after the intervention of an African-American passenger that Singh was asked to remain. According to Singh, she said "Son, don't get off this bus. I know what you've been going through. We've been through this before... history repeats itself.'"