[Washington,DC] Obama Govt Again Assures American Sikhs of Their Safety .President Obama’s Special Assistant Delivered This Assurance In a Sikh Gurudwara
The White House has assured American-Sikhs of their safety and security in view of the increasing threats and hate crimes against the community members in the recent past.
Melissa Rogers, Special Assistant to President and head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighbourhood Partnerships office of the White House, visited a Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (GGSF) Gurdwara in Maryland to deliver this message of reassurance from the President.
Asserting that the US Government’s stand with Sikhs in America, Rogers also expressed empathy with the Sikh community over the recent incidents of violence against Sikhs and a reported case of vandalism at Los Angeles Gurdwara
Rogers said.”We want you to know that we stand by you and we will continue to work until we stamp these incidents out. Like you we believe that attack on any faith is an attack is an attack on every faith,”
“It is essential that all faith communities here and all over the world stand against hate motivated violence. We will continue to stand with you and we will continue to work to ensure that security and your civil constitutional rights are protected,”
she added.
“Sikh community has shown tremendous resilience in face of challenges and I am confident that you will triumph and we will be there with you to triumph over the current challenges that we face together,”
She was presented with a ‘siropa’ and a book on the Sikh scriptures.