Would Sikhs In The U.k. Be Effected If Al Qaida Managed To Successfully Launch A Few Big Terrorist Attacks Here?

[dalsingh101]

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Not trying to be negative but was just wondering if we would get effected if some jerks pulled off some big terrorist attacks here?? I say this because a few wallys from my end have been arrested for trying such things. I was just thinking that eventually some may actually suceed.

On a street level, employment wise, our future here. Would such a thing impact on these.

If sangat is inclined please give opinions.

Especially with regard to the average Englishman's understanding of Sikhs. Whether a backlash of some sort may take place? Will we be hated because we look similar to the villains (in some people's eyes)? Or are goray just plain crafty and would use the opportunity to knock us all a few pegs lower knowing we are Sikhs?

[KKV]

wheres here?

I think it will effect Sikh lohk cos SOME white people and SOME people who aint Sikh are thick enough to not know the difference between THOSE Muslims - that are into the whole terrorist thing and apane Sikh

[dalsingh101]

Do you think indirect racism may increase i.e. in terms of employment as a result?

I remember after the July attacks I went on the tube in London with a rucksack to carry some large folders I needed and I could clearly see people were scared.

[singh1986]

White people are deffo scared of me when Im going on Tube since July attacks, People leave the Tube when they see me, I get terrified looks, I turn heads on escalators....I dont put my hand in my bag on the tubes cos I know it makes some people jump...Im not bovered by it, but can you imagine how much more worse it would be if some major terrorist thing happened! People will see me and run in the other direction

[king singh]

White people are deffo scared of me when Im going on Tube since July attacks, People leave the Tube when they see me, I get terrified looks, I turn heads on escalators....I dont put my hand in my bag on the tubes cos I know it makes some people jump...Im not bovered by it, but can you imagine how much more worse it would be if some major terrorist thing happened! People will see me and run in the other direction

Thats awesome! keep scaring people lol put ur hand in ur bag and say "I found the button"! they will think its the bomb lol

[dalsingh101]

White people are deffo scared of me when Im going on Tube since July attacks, People leave the Tube when they see me, I get terrified looks, I turn heads on escalators....I dont put my hand in my bag on the tubes cos I know it makes some people jump...Im not bovered by it, but can you imagine how much more worse it would be if some major terrorist thing happened! People will see me and run in the other direction

Thats awesome! keep scaring people lol put ur hand in ur bag and say "I found the button"! they will think its the bomb lol

Yeah but just be careful of any paranoid armed policeman......lol

[lsingh]

Any views on what can be done to pre empt any backlash? Sikhs have always been unprepared for incidents such as 1947 and 1984.

Some views

1.Raise Sikhi awarness, this can be done with people you work with, study with etc. Even our own community needs education about Sikhs.

2.Raise awarness at national level, meet your MP and tell him about Sikhs, they are always willing to meet.

3.Tell local Councils and Police to be extra alert to protect Sikh areas when an incident happens.

4. Raise awarnes through media local and national.

[rsingh]

Its true and ammusing traveling on Tube every day. Stand by the door at the end of the cariage and when the door opens, some people see you and try and run into the carriage next to it instead. I was even stopped for kirpan after 7/7 but the police man was clued up and whne i said kirpan he just let me go didnt even look my kirpan.

[dalsingh101]

I'm not being pessimistic but I think if it goes down big, Sikhs are going to suffer. I think we all need to learn the lessons from 1947 and 1984. I think people are a little more civilised here but I'm sure we will be impacted by any such events both.

Lets not wait till "the storm has come and gone" this time. Lol

We really need to have more of a representation in this country throughout. Including all the media, parliament, education etc.

But I have a felling that the extreme elements within both British and the Muslim world are hoping for a situation where we are all at each others throats. They are messed up enough to push for that.

[king singh]

Who remembers the portugese/brazilian guy that got shot by police in lond coz they though he was a terrorist! hope this doesn't happen to a sikh