There ARE no Sikhs in Middle East, for practical purposes.
2/3 live in India, with the largest communities outside India in UK, USA and Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh
Sad, but most likely explanation is the idiot doesn't know how to tell one variety of raghead from another. Thought he was attacking those responsible for Islamist terrorism. To the extent he was thinking at all.
Well... they might stay in India but there are 25 million of them, and I bet they reconsider supporting some of the 'rebels' in neighboring countries. Saudi Arabia is only a boat ride away.
Maybe there are no Sikhs in the ME, but are there Muslims in Punjab ?
Which is my second choice for an explanation. And may be the correct one. How hard will the MSM make it for us to be able to reasonably determine the truth about this incident?
If it is just that simple, they won't sell much laundry detergent. Would they lie to make more money ?
He probably wasn't thinking at all.
I'd say it was first of all, a way of committing "suicide by cop."
Secondly it was racial, directed at people who were above everything else "different".
Third, 911 may have been in the background somewhere, but it's unclear whether he actually thought he was going after Muslims.