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By Robert Frank<\/b><\/p>\n

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\nAbout 150 parishioners held a candlelight vigil at Gurdwara Sahib of Greater Montreal congregation, Aug. 10, to reflect upon a senseless shooting rampage, five days earlier, and honour its victims.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cI think we’re all affected by the tragedy,\u201d Mukhbir Singh, the Dollard des Ormeaux temple\u2019s general secretary, told The Suburban <\/i>in a telephone interview from the Sikh temple in Oak Creek,Wisconsin,<\/a> where six parishioners were killed and four others injured, Aug. 5.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cWhen I learned what had happened, I was in the [Dollard des Ormeaux] temple, so you have the feeling that it can happen to anyone,\u201d he recalled. \u201cYou can relate with that whether you go to a church, a mosque or a synagogue. Everyone can relate to this event in one way or another.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nAlthough Mr. Singh highlighted how the Dawson College and \u00c9cole polytechnique shootings show that Montreal is not immune to this sort of rampage, he affirmed that \u201cin Canada, we celebrate different values such as multiculturalism, which is very helpful and inclusive of different cultures within our society. Consequently, race and hate crimes are much less prominent.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nHe said that while in Oak Creek, he attended a town hall meeting \u201cwhere local parishioners asked \u2018How can I feel secure again?\u2019\u201d<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThe Oak Creek chief of police explained that [the perpetrator] wasn\u2019t representative of Americans nor of Oak Creek. He said that he wanted Sikhs and all Americans to feel secure, unafraid of living their lives and feeling free.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nAmar Singh Kaura, who operates a d\u00e9panneur in Beaconsfield, was also impressed with the American response.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThe U.S. government is going out of its way to ensure that people know what\u2019s happening,\u201d he told The Suburban<\/i> in an interview.<\/div>\n
\nCongregation president Gurdip Singh Sohal commented on the massacre at the conclusion of the Dollard temple\u2019s Friday evening worship service. Afterward, parishioners braved torrential rain to march, candles in hand, in a show of unity against hatred.<\/div>\n
\nAlthough no provincial politicians, who are currently embroiled in an election campaign, accepted the invitation to attend the rally, St. Laurent federal parliamentarian St\u00e9phane Dion<\/a> told the congregation in a letter that he was \u201csaddened and outraged by the appalling tragedy.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n\u201cToday,\u201d he wrote, \u201clet us pause together, in remembrance of those who perished and for peace.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\nCandlelight vigil: More than 150 parishioners re-enter Dollard des Ormeaux’ Sikh temple, after braving torrential rain to remember and honour the victims of an Aug. 5 shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nJugaad Singh joined other members of the Dollard des Ormeaux Sikh temple, Aug. 10, in a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, shooting rampage.<\/b><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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