Afterward, I'll go to the gurdwara that 200 Sikhs cleaned yesterday as our sewa.

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The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the top Sikh religious administration, termed the Ravidassia declaration unfortunate.

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The Oak Creek temple, or gurdwara, opened in 2007 and has a congregation of more than 350.

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He was a prominent figure within the Sikh community, and was secretary of the Guru Granth Sahib Gurdwara in Nithsdale Road for 15 years.

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View of the old gurdwara of sikhs.

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Holder also declared the attack at the Sikh gurdwara, or house of worship, in a Milwaukee suburb to be "an act of terrorism, an act of hatred, a hate crime "that is anathema to the founding principles of our nation and to who we are as an American people.

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