28 Feb, 2015
Australian Sikhs say abuse on the rise as they cop Anti-Muslim sentiment
SYDNEY – Not long after the terror alert level was raised to high, truck driver Amar Singh was working when a stranger approached and said: “You look like a terrorist. You should be on a terrorist watch list.”
Mr Singh, who was sitting in his parked truck in Wollongong, was perplexed. He certainly was not an extremist and he had never identified as Muslim.
Yet his experience matches that of other Australian Sikhs, who say they have shared the brunt of anti-Islamic sentiment in some parts of the community.
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