KIM LAWTON (Managing Editor and Guest Anchor): There has been an outpouring of interfaith sympathy and support for the US Sikh community after last Sunday\u2019s attack (August 5) at a temple near Milwaukee that took the lives of six worshipers. In what officials called an act of domestic terrorism, a gunman with neo-Nazi ties opened fire as local Sikhs\u201d\u201dor \u201csicks\u201d\u009d as some adherents call themselves\u201d\u201dhad gathered for a worship service. Religious groups across the spectrum condemned the attack. Many communities held prayer services and vigils to remember the victims and to pray for religious tolerance. Groundswell, the social action initiative of Auburn Seminary in New York, gathered thousands of messages of hope and healing for Milwaukee\u2019s Sikh community. They called the project \u201cWe Are All Sikhs Today.\u201d\u009d Groundswell\u2019s director, Valarie Kaur, who is Sikh, delivered the messages in person. She joins me now from Milwaukee.<\/p>\n
Valarie, thank you for being with us. Why did you feel it was important to bring these messages?<\/p>\n
VALARIE KAUR (Groundswell, Auburn Seminary): Well, …this is a tragedy not just for the Sikh community, but for all Americans, and I know that many Americans were hungry to express their love and support in some way.<\/p>\n