Sikh-American Protester Removed from Trump Rally

[KamaAina]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/sikh-american-protester-removed-trump-rally-n503971

Two protesters were removed Sunday from a Donald Trump rally after holding up a banner that read "Stop Hate." One of the protesters — Arish Singh, a Sikh-American man — responded to the incident on Sunday, tweeting, "I am not a Muslim. But you don't have to be a Muslim to stand against anti-Muslim bigotry."...

"He wasn't wearing one of those hats, was he? Was he wearing one of those?" asked Trump at the rally, likely referring to his red "Make America Great Again" baseball caps. "And he never will. And he never will. And he never will."

"Mr. Trump's denigration of a Sikh man falls within a larger pattern of negative statements against minority communities," The Sikh Coalition's Simran Jeet Singh told NBC News. "Comments and actions such as these are especially dangerous given the sheer amount of hate violence that Sikh Americans are experiencing today. Every time he does something like this, it has negative consequences for Americans of all backgrounds."

Concerned about the continued mistaken conflation of the Sikh turban — which represents the Sikh faith's commitment to equality and justice — with terrorism, Gurwin Ahuja, executive director of the National Sikh Campaign, told NBC News. "It is unfortunate that this man was removed from this rally with applause when his turban represents values that are at the heart of the American ethic."

[jwirr]

1. My God we have the new Hitler as one of our candidates.

And his supporters are old enough to know it.

[KingCharlemagne]

2. Right now he's a Hitler wanna-be. But just give him a

Republican legislature and all bets are off.

All leftists should hope for the best but plan for the worst. I know I am.

[pampango]

3. "After the adoring crowd broke into raucous chants of “U.S.A., U.S.A.,” with the Sikh protester

ejected, Trump smirked a bit, maybe might have been reminded of some other encounters in the past with Sikhs, friends or foes alike, made a quip about the Sikh man’s turban: “He wasn’t wearing one of those hats was he?” referring to his campaign’s trademark ‘Make America Great Again’ hats, which are red in color, the same color as the turban the Sikh protestor was wearing."

http://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2016/01/25/donald-trump-humiliates-sikh-protester-in-iowa-ridicules-turban-for-hat/