I was quite horrified to see the level of gun-violence in the US. especially when it caused a madman to open fire inside a Gurudwara Langar in the US.
Terrible. But what epitomized the Sikh attitude was the statement by Rajwant Singh., a community leader and chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education.
On August 5, 2012, an apparent lone gunman started shooting at people at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He killed 6 people, and the shooter is also dead after getting shot by a policeman. 3 people are seriously or critically injured, including the police officer that killed the perpetrator.
The following CNN crime news video has an interview about this Oak Creek Sikh temple shooting with Rajwant Singh. Rajwant is a community leader and chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education.
When asked how the community will move forward, he says the Sikh community has received messages from around the country, and there is a drive to collect funds for the victims, including the police officers injured.
Singh says the community will continue to pray for the victims, and he is touched by the well wishes of other religious groups throughout America.
Reporter Don Lemon then discusses some aspects of the Sikh religion, noting that the community is already praying for the shooter, as well. Rajwant Singh says that is just part of the religion, which looks at God as helping everyone, not just good people.
