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A Maryland-based Sikh organization has honored retired Oak Creek police officer Brian Murphy for his service when a gunman killed six worshippers at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek on Aug. 5, 2012. The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, a Sikh advocacy organization, honored Murphy on...

Learning from Baba Punjab Singh, Oak Creek Survivor http://sikhcoalition.org/stay-informed/blog/community/connect-us-in-peace-we-are-one/ On August 5, 2012, a gunman attacked the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six sangat members and injuring several others. It was one of...

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/community-mourns-death-johns-creek-family/nWGBt/ Johns Creek police are expected to release more information Tuesday about the apparent murder-suicide in the northern suburb that left four people dead. Officials with the Fulton County Medical...

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Published in the January 2013 issue See also video at page link http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/meaning-of-life-2013/brian-murphy-sikh-temple-shooting-0113 Murphy was the first to arrive at the scene of the Sikh temple in Wisconsin where a gunman killed six people on August 5...

HOW YOUR CAMPUS CAN RESPOND TO OAK CREEK (from Groundswell website) You can combat hate and build community through the power of storytelling and service. Organize a film screening and dialogue on your campus, and follow up with a year-long service project with your local Sikh community...

I don't spend a lot of time on this blog commenting on things like mass shootings. But a lot of people do, at least when it happens in a movie theater in Aurora and the victims are folks like you and me. But when it happens in Oak Creek and the victims aren't so much like you and me? Robert...

Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Oak Creek Memorial Service OAK CREEK, WIS. ~ Friday, August 10, 2012 I come to you today with a heavy heart, and with the knowledge that my words – or any words – are insufficient to convey the grief we all feel, to supply the answers we seek, or...

State Rep. Josh Zepnick and District Attorney John Chisholm visited the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, 7512 S. Howell Ave., on Sunday to discuss public safety issues in the Sikh community. Satwant Singh Kaleka, president of the Sikh Temple, requested the meeting after the July 4 melee in...

Thank you for a thoughtful, uniting article, but I also want to inform you of an inaccuracy. I am a follower of the Sikh religion and the inaccuracy involves the statement, "Sikh religion's highest clerical authority"...