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Posted on 02/22/2018 5:10:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
A prominent Sikh environmentalist was standing in line outside parliament when a man shouted “Muslim go back” and allegedly attacked him trying to rip his turban outside Portcullis House in Westminster.
Ravneet Singh, from India, was waiting to see a Labour MP when the incident occurred.
The 37-year-old speaking to The Independents said: “I was in the queue outside Portcullis House and this guy ran up to us. Just before we got to the entrance he came up to me and attacked me.” Singh went on to say, “He was pulling at my turban strongly. It half moved and I grabbed it. Before he could do anything else I shouted at him and he ran.”
The victim added: “He made a racist comment in another language that I didn’t recognise. He was a white man, but he didn’t sound English. He said something like ‘Muslim go back’.”
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Sindh also said, “I was surprised and shocked. I pray for these racist people, who don’t realise that we are all one.”
He was on a three-week trip to discuss his project, which included a meeting with Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, the Labour MP for Slough.
Dhesi while commenting on the ‘racist attack’ said “disgusted to discover today that someone filled with hatred tried to pull off the turban of one of my guests standing in line outside parliament”
Dhesi called the police to take “urgent action”.
A Metropolitan police spokesperson said they are investigating the event but no arrests have been made yet.
Kinda stupid.
As I remember, the beer is a bit stronger in England.
Another idiot who doesn’t know Sikhs are the good guys.
Racist and a moron!
Public education must be suffering in Britain too.
Then again, this guy was apparently an “environmentalist”, whatever that means.
Agreed. But folks aren’t going out their way to educate one another.
We live in an age of remarkable miscommunication and disinformation.
Ooo. Don’t know how to feel if he’s working for The Environment(TM).
Of course, Indians are more likely to be eco than any Moslem.
A rule for identifying Sikhs: they are MUCH neater in appearance including the turban. Mosley’s tend to look disheveled and dirty.
If you knew Sikhs as I have, you’d know they tend to be very clean and Kemp’s, unlike Moslems.
Wonder if he remembers how many of them fought and died in the service of the British Empire?
I agree 100%. Why go to live in countries where people do not wear turbans, and do not grow beards and head hair from birth. If you feel so strongly about turbans, why not live in countries where it is common practice? My best friend in engineering college was a sikh in India. He had never cut his hair. And he wore a turban. I immigrated to USA, he went to Canada. When he came to Chicago to meet me, I did not recognize him without the turban or facial hair. But I give him credit for “do in Rome like the Romans do” and trying to adapt.
I agree 100%. Why go to live in countries where people do not wear turbans, and do not grow beards and head hair from birth. If you feel so strongly about turbans, why not live in countries where it is common practice? My best friend in engineering college was a sikh in India. He had never cut his hair. And he wore a turban. I immigrated to USA, he went to Canada. When he came to Chicago to meet me, I did not recognize him without the turban or facial hair. But I give him credit for “do in Rome like the Romans do” and trying to adapt.
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As upright and honorable as Sikhs are, I don’t care if they wear clown shoes and fright wigs. Meanwhile, muslimes are still animals even if they’re wearing a Brooks Brothers suit.
Wise man. He knows
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