Sunday, August 12, 2012
"We can survive anything now."
Faiths came together in Medford Sunday in solidarity and support for the Sikh community. The Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar, a Sikh Temple in Medford, held an interfaith prayer service mid-day Sunday for the victims of a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin one week earlier. Representatives of at least a half dozen religious sects were in attendance. The temple's congregants sat cross-legged, heads covered in the second flood of 226 Mystic Avenue as speakers reflected on the tragedy. "We are all the children of one god," Gurinder Singh, president of Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar said. "Hopefully, this will be a new beginning for all of us." Wade Page, 40, entered a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. on Aug. 5 and killed six people inside. Page …
Friday, August 10, 2012
Service will take place Sunday.
The Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar, a Sikh Temple in Medford, will hold a prayer service for the victims of a shooting spree at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin last Sunday. The Medford-based Sikh temple will hold a service for the victims at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, according to an announcement on its website. "We, as a Sangat (congregants) of this Gurudwara pray for the fast recovery of the victims and the officer wounded in this tragedy," the announcement said. "We express our gratitude and thanks to the law enforcement and emergency officers who risked their life to save the innocent victims." Wade Page, 40, entered a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. on Aug. 5 and killed six people inside. Page was shot in the stomach by a police officer, …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Leaders of Boston's Sikh community will meet in the next day or two to plan vigils and showings of support.
Members of the Greater Boston Sikh community who worship in Medford are distressed by the Sunday shooting at a temple in Wisconsin that left seven people, including the gunman, dead. Gurinber Singh, president of Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar, a temple at 226 Mystic Avenue in Medford, and a volunteer in the community, said, "We are really shocked at this moment." "We couldn't believe it," he said. Another leader in the Boston Sikh community also expressed shock while condemning the shooting. Worshipers at the Medford temple, or gurdwara (sometimes spelled gurudwara), were in observations from about 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, and therefore didn't learn of the news until later Sunday afternoon. Gurinber Singh said leaders of the Sikh community in…
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Sikhs from Somerville, Medford, Cambridge and Boston were trying to learn more about the circumstances of a deadly shooting in Wisconsin, according to a leader in the Boston Sikh community.
Members of the Greater Boston Sikh community were condemning a Sunday shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that left at least seven people dead. At the same time, the local Sikh community was trying to learn more information about the circumstances of the shooting. Darfhan Singh, secretary of a gurdwara—a Sikh place of worship—that recently moved from Somerville to Everett, said members of the Boston Sikh community are "listening to the television and radio" in an attempt to learn more about what happened. "The investigation is going on," Singh said, cautioning against jumping to conclusions. Although Singh, who was visiting North Carolina Sunday when news of the shooting broke, did not know anyone in the Oak Creek, Wis., area, where …
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7:42 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
God please help the victims, their families and the officers recovery. Medford is here for you in prayer. more ›