Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

On April 11, 2002, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that Cobb County in Georgia, "which in the past decade has become more and more diverse, has also become home to a handful of Sikhs... [County resident] Manjit Singh Narang estimates about 25 Sikh families --- about 100 people --- are in the county. Many Sikh families keep in contact through their Stone Mountain temple, called a gurdwara, or house of God... Worldwide, there are about 20 million Sikhs, with 500,000 to 750,000 living in the...

Source: Asian Week

http://www.asianweek.com/2002_04_12/bay_forum.html

On April 11, 2002, the Asian Week featured an article on an event organized by Northern California branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that "aimed to reach out to federal agencies along with Muslim and South Asian communities in the Bay Area [CA]." Government officials served on a panel answering the questions of "800 who gathered...

Source: The North Jersey News

Source: The Register Guard

http://www.registerguard.com/news/20020408/2b.cr.sikhvandalized.0407.html

On April 8, 2002, The Register Guard reported that on March 29, Gurdial Singh Sarkaria's convenience store in Medford, OR, was vandalized. "After the store's windows were smashed... Sarkaria... removed the red turban of his Sikh religion. The price of wearing it, he says, is too high... [He] now...

Source: The Washington Times

On April 8, 2002, The Washington Times reported that "hundreds of Sikhs from across the [Washington D.C.] region gathered yesterday at the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate Khalsa Day, their new year festival, and many of them had one question on their minds: What do we do to be recognized as good Americans?... After September 11, Sikhs suffered tremendously in terms of racial profiling, beatings and harassments and in some instances murder... 'How do we let Americans know what our identity is so this doesn't ever happen again...

Source: The Appeal-Democrat

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/archive/2002/040602/040602Temple.shtml

On April 6, 2002, The Appeal-Democrat featured the article "Planning commission's approval of Sikh temple challenged" which documents that "appeals were filed... challenging the Sutter County [CA] Planning Commission's approval of a Sikh temple... The commission... voted 4-3 to allow the conversion of a home... into a temple...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1912000/1912221.stm

On April 5, 2002, BBC News reported "Death for 11 Sept revenge killer." The article reported that the man convicted in the murder of Sikh gas station owner Vasudev Patel received the death sentence. The article explained, "Stroman, 32, holding a small American flag, showed no reaction when the sentence was read. But as he stood up to be led out of court, he...

Source: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

http://www.sikhs.org/khalsa.htm

On April 3, 2002, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution featured an article on the local Sikh community. "With the September attacks lingering in people's minds, Sikhs in metro Atlanta say they still get strange looks from fellow Atlantans, who often confuse them with Muslims... It is the headgear that draws the attention of strangers, said Preetinder Singh, an Acworth businessman and wholesaler of...

Source: The Daily Breeze

http://www.dailybreeze.com/content/bln/nmbmuslim8.html

On April 1, 2002, The Daily Breeze reported on an interfaith dialgoue in Torrance, CA. The meeting was part of the Annual Religions' Founders Day sponsored by the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Association. Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh religious leaders gathered "to discuss the origins and teachings of their faiths."

Source: The New York Post

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/44848.htm

On April 1, 2002, The New York Post reported "Fire-gutted Sikh Temple is Strapped." The article noted that "It will take at least two years of construction and up to $10 million before the flock of the Queens Sikh Cultural Society - which numbers in the thousands - can return to the fire-gutted temple. But the leadership of the cultural society in Richmond Hill is determined to rebuild, and...

Source: The Modesto Bee

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/1942117p-2086286c.html

On March 25, 2002, The Modesto Bee featured the article "2,500 gather for Sikh parade." The article reported that "People of all ages marched in the parade, which drew some 2,500 people from as far away as Marysville and Bakersfield. The event marked Holla Mohalla, which Sikh people celebrate on the day after Holi, the festival of color. Holi is associated with spring, hope, new crops...

Source: The New York Times

On March 17, 2002, The New York Times reported that "Indians are the fastest-growing Asian community on Long Island, nearly doubling in population from 17,523 in 1990 to 34,333 in 2000, according to the 2000 census. Asian Indians, who include Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Christians, are now the largest Asian group on Long Island, followed by the Chinese and the Koreans... These Asian groups have grown enough in recent years to support their own supermarkets, language schools, churches, temples and mosques on Long Island,...

Source: The Arizona Republic

On March 16, 2002, The Arizona Republic featured the news brief "Flagpole a memorial to slain Mesa Sikh." It reported that "Family members and friends of a Sikh businessman slain in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks gathered Friday to erect an American flag at his Mesa service station, where he was shot. The flag, marking the six-month anniversary of the slaying of Balbir Singh Sodhi, 49, was erected in the lot of the Mesa Star Chevron Station, 7956 E. University Drive. Frank Roque, 42, of Mesa, is awaiting trial on murder and...

Source: India-West Newspaper

http://www.ncmonline.com/content/ncm/2002/mar/0315southasian.html

On March 15, 2002, India-West Newspaper reported "South Asians Main Targets of Sept. 11 Backlash." It noted that "The first major study of bias crimes in the U.S. after Sept. 11 terrorist attacks found that 96 percent of 243 incidents of violence that were documented targeted South Asians. In more than half of the incidents, the targets were Sikhs, whose men wear...

Source: The Richmond Hill Times

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3541601&BRD=2016&PAG=461&dept_id=235895&rfi=6

On March 14, 2002, The Richmond Hill Times reported that "a national coalition of more than 50 Sikh organizations has launched a campaign to challenge the NYPD's no-turban rule, demanding that fired Ozone Park traffic cop Amric Singh Rathour be given his job back."