Sikhs in Indiana USA Report Harassment Increased Exponentially

Posted: 31 Mar 2017

INDIANA, USA—Intimidation and harassment of Sikhs in the US state of Indiana have spiked according to members of the community there.
Cases of vandalism, racist and abusive text messages, threats of both a verbal and physical nature have all been experienced in recent months.
Members of the Sikh community have expressed that they don’t believe that they are the intentional targets of the perpetrators, as the number of incidents have only recently increased, coinciding with the inauguration of President Donald Trump. They believe that the Muslim community were the intended targets but racist elements of the local residents have mistaken Sikhs as Muslims.
Local Sikh leaders have, however, stated that Sikhs are here to stay and will continue working hard and contributing wherever they are.