US Sikh passenger labelled Bin Laden on flight

Friday, 18/12/2015

http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

NEW YORK: An elderly Sikh man in the US was filmed while sleeping on a flight by a co-passenger who posted the video online with the title ‘Would You Feel Safe’ and a description that says “flying with Bin Laden”.

Darshan Singh, who was travelling on a Jetblue flight from New York to California in November, didn’t exchange words with the man sitting next to him and was surprised when he saw his video online, Sikh advocacy group United Sikhs said.

The 39-second video of Singh, a California resident, has been viewed over 83,000 times since it was posted on YouTube on December 9. Singh’s 20-year-old daughter informed the group that a video of her father sleeping on the flight, recorded by the man sitting next to him, was circulating on the internet, said Manwinder Singh, director, United Sikhs. “This act of ignorance is the latest in a series of anti-Sikh hostility in the days following the horrific shooting in San Bernardino, California, on December 2,” he said.

On December 6, a gurdwara was vandalised with anti-ISIS graffiti. On the same day, four Sikh men were stopped from entering a football game because of their turbans. Hundreds of people have commented on the video, most of them condemning the person who filmed it, with 1,170 people hitting “dislike” button.

“Sikhs are known to be fearless warriors and ones who are willing to give up their lives for others, so you should feel safe,” one person commented on the video. The Sikh group is trying to get the video removed from YouTube. “Incidents like this are shocking. No one, Sikh, Muslim, or otherwise should be afraid to travel. These types of incidents only weaken the fabric of our nation,” said Jaspreet Kaur, staff attorney of the group.

“It’s everyone’s responsibility to be aware of acts of ignorance and to report them when they see them. Only then can we unify ourselves against hate, and discrimination,” she added.

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