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    Sikhism preaches tolerance, good deeds

    The central tenet of Sikhism is doing good deeds in this life in order to ensure a place with God in the afterlife, a stance at odds with the hate-filled gunman who opened fire in a temple near Milwaukee.The world fifth-most popular religion numbers between 25 million and 30 million practitioners, with about 20 million in India and more than a half-million in the U.S. All consider themselves equal and the guru who founded Sikhism more than 500 years ago taught that all religions can be positive forces in the world. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and former congressmen Martin Hoke (R-Ohio) and Dalip Singh Saund (D-Calif.) are among the Sikhs who have gained prominence in the U.S.Sikhs believe in a single God, and members must strive to make an honest living, engage with society and share with the needy. Sikhs reject the caste system, and consider men and women equals."We stand up for all people," said Narinder Singh, chairman of the Sikh Coalition, which was founded after 9/11 to help ...

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    1. Authorities: Sikh temple gunman killed himself with shot to the head

      The gunman who killed six Sikh worshippers in a Milwaukee-area temple Sunday ended his bloody rampage with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, authorities said at ...

    2. Shooting at Sikh temple in Wisconsin leaves at least 7 dead, including gunman

      Seven people, including a gunman, were killed in a shooting at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee Sunday in what police say is being treated as an act of domestic terroris...

    3. Ex-girlfriend of Sikh temple shooter arrested on weapons charge

      Misty Cook, the ex-girlfriend of the man suspected of killing six worshippers at a Sikh temple before a police officer shot and killed him, was arrested on a weapons...

    4. Attack on temple spreads fear among US Sikh population

      The killing of six worshippers at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee brought fresh worries Sunday to the half million U.S. followers of a faith whose congregants ha...

    5. Hundreds honor victims of Sikh temple shooting massacre in Wisconsin

      Mourners from as far away as India gathered Friday to pay their final respects to six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in suburban Mil...

    6. Police near Cleveland fatally shoot cleaver-wielding man at his Sikh temple

      CLEVELAND (AP) — A man entered his Sikh temple in suburban Cleveland early Thursday, raised a meat cleaver near two members preparing for morning prayers, and was sh...

    7. Sikh community targeted in gun rampage shows support for Sandy Hook victims

      Few communities know firsthand the heartache experienced by Newtown, Conn., where a gunman killed 26 children and adults Friday at a local elementary school.But one ...

    8. 1st Sikh in Decades Wraps Up Army Officer School

      Amid lines of soldiers, one after the other in standard-issue dress uniform and black beret, will be one in a turban and full beard on Monday — the first Sikh in a g...

    9. Dentist becomes 1st Sikh soldier to complete Army officer school after decades of restrictions

      SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The soldiers in standard-issue fatigues and combat boots stood side-by-side repeating their creed: "I am an American soldier. I am a warrior and a...

    10. Vegas Police Counter Terrorism Center Develops Educational Course On Sikhism

      Las Vegas police say they've finished developing an online course to educate civilians and police officers about the Sikh religion.The department's counter terrorism...

    11. Temple massacre has some Sikhs mulling gun ownership

      The Sikh temple massacre prompted calls for stricter gun control, but some members of the India-based faith -- who carry ceremonial knives -- are considering taking ...

    12. UK: 8 more arrests over attack on Indian general

      British police made eight more arrests Friday over the stabbing of a retired Indian army general who said that his role in a deadly raid on Sikhism's holiest shrine ...

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      For 16 years, Lokinder Kaur waited patiently for the day her husband would be reunited with her and their children. That dream died with him in a Sikh temple in Wisc...

    2. Family has fading photos, memories of Sikh shooting victim who didn't visit India in 16 years

      For 16 years, Lokinder Kaur waited patiently for the day her husband would be reunited with her and their children. That dream died with him in a Sikh temple in Wisc...

    3. Some answers about the history of the Sikh religion in India

      The Sikh faith has roughly 27 million followers worldwide, and the vast majority live in India. Here are some answers about the religion and its history.Q: How did t...

    4. Sikh temple shooting victim remains in coma

      Sikh priest Punjab Singh hasn't regained consciousness since the shooting rampage at a Wisconsin temple earlier this month, and is hooked up to a machine to help him...

    5. Cleaning shoes, doing chores at Sikh temples, Pakistani seeks to atone for Islamic militants

      Thousands of Indian pilgrims barely registered the man in the orange bandanna and Ray-Ban sunglasses taking their shoes and storing them in wooden cubbyholes before ...

    6. Gunman in Sikh temple shooting identified as ex-Army soldier Wade Michael Page

      A 40-year-old Army veteran and suspected white supremacist who gunned down six inside a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple shot the responding officer eight to nine times be...

    7. Sikh temple's president dies defending worshipers from gunman

      Satwant Singh Kaleka, president of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, would do anything for his beloved, tight-knit community, relatives say.On Sunday, he died standing u...

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