Sikh man misidentified as Muslim in pro-Trump flyer


Gurinder Singh Khalsa is a Sikh who does not support Donald Trump, which is why he was shocked to see his photo, with the word "Muslim" on top of it, in a pro-Trump flyer.
The Indiana man said he was taken aback when he first saw the flyer, sent to him by a friend. "Nobody ever asked me to use my photo," he told Indiana Public Media. Singh Khalsa started a non-partisan group, Sikh Political Action Committee, in August, with the goal to educate people on "who we are, why we wear the turban and the beard." Some Sikhs in the U.S. have been the victims of hate crimes and accused of supporting the Islamic State, Singh Khalsa said, and he thinks it's important for everyone, especially the leader of the country, to be able to differentiate between Sikhs and Muslims.
"I am an American and I am American by choice," he said. "Faith is my personal preference and I don't want to be judged by my faith or that appearance of what I wear." WTHR contacted the Trump campaign in Indiana, which said it regretted any confusion made by the erroneous ad. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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