'How do you, as a mother, explain what the word terrorist means to your child?' said Debbie Almontaser with the Muslim Community Network.
"Antisemitism is on the rise, Islamophobia is on the rise, and at the end of the day when one community is attacked, we're all attacked," said Japneet Singh, the organizer of the event.
Mani Sadhu was attacked for wearing a turban, police say. Christopher Philippeaux has been charged with a hate crime in connection with the attack. "He say to me, 'We don't wear this in America,'" Sandhu said. "I don't feel safe when I come out from home."People from all faiths gathered at Gurdwara Sikh cultural Society in South Richmond Hill to show support for the Sikh community.
"In my own family just last week, two of my nieces faced hate crimes. One of them reported the man who stopped her in the street and berated her in front of her children, calling her terrorist," said Debbie Almontaser with the Muslim Community Network. "How do you, as a mother, explain what the word terrorist means to your child?""I remember we had stickers on our car after 9/11 to tell them we are Sikhs.
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