[Opinionated Blowhard]

There was a Sikh in my community who owned a gas station. After 9/11, he put up a sign that he as a Sikh and not a Muslim. Quite frankly, I don’t think anyone cared but I think he was sensitive to the fact that he thought people would mistake him for a Muslim and associate him with the 9/11 bombings. He is still there operating the gas station. I don’t believe he had a drop off in business after 9/11 (I still went there). So perhaps some of this is the Sikh community itself being sensitive to people’s views of Muslims and making clear that they are not Muslims.

[Mamzelle]

The Indians I know would hate, hate, hate to be thought Muslim. It may be that the Sikhs are insulted when they are mistaken for Muslims.

"I'm not Muslim. Not that there's anything wrong with that."

[ANGGAPO]

I find it hard to believe that this nut job thought these people were Muslims. I think it was obvious that he wanted to kill someone, anyone. Perhaps he went over the edge, but he surly knew that they were not Muslims.