The president of the Garden State Sikh was in Europe on vacation when he heard about the shooting Sunday at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., that left at least seven dead.
“We were really shocked,” Jaskaran Singh said. “There was no reason for it.”
Singh, a Warren Township resident, said the Sikh Temple Gurudwara’s home on Washington Valley Road in Bridgewater feels welcome by its neighbors in the community.
“We never have problems in Bridgewater with the neighbors or anything,” he said. “Everyone is very friendly.”
In Lawrence Township, worshipers at the Gurudwara Sahib Sikh temple on Bakers Basin Road were similarly shocked but told The Times of Trenton that they hoped that better education for children about “the diversity in America” could prevent similar crimes in the future.
Gurinderjit Singh, a Sikh from Paramus and the president of Sikh Youth of America, agreed
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