Christain Hooligan Assault on Sikh Temple

Two Pig Heads found outside Sikh Temple in Bakersfield - TOPBill Curtis, KBAK-TV, 12/26/05http://www.bakersfieldonline.us/news/read/2/59137Members of the Sikh Religion feel they have been the target of hate crimes after finding two pig heads on the temple property. The Sikh Temple has been on the 8100 Block of Stine road for three years and already has over five-hundred members. Gurujoda S. Khalsa, an attorney, Temple Member and Commissioner on the Kern County Human Relations Commission explains, "We believe that all people are equal and creations of that one creator. So no matter what your spiritual path whether you're a Muslin, Christian, person of Jewish faith, a Sikh, Buddhist. We're all following the same road towards divinity."That's why the members of the Guru Angad Barbar Temple are saddened to know someone would disrespect their place of worship. Thursday afternoon, members found two pig heads on the temple property. One member says, "They make around, they throw head over here and other head over there"There are still track marks where the car drove up on the side of the temple and threw the pig heads out. Khalsa explains, "We are vegetarians, we have a simple diet that is a vegetarian diet so to have meat and animals parts thrown on the property is really not appropriate."Two weeks before, a group of people egged the temple's main entrance. A priest was inside at the time and saw a group of people run off.Temple members know they don't deserve this kind of treatment, "We have obviously been here in this community a long time, we're an integral part of this community and I think to have this happen at our place of worship is disappointing for us," says Khalsa. . .Bakersfield Police Detective George Gomez tells 29 Eyewitness News, they are investigating this incident, but have no specific information to lead them to believe this is a hate crime.Police do ask if you have any information to call the Silent Witness Hotline at 322-4040.