ABSTRACT
On the morning of September 11, 2001, over 3,000 innocent men, women, and children were killed. Millions of people watched in horror and were fearful of falling victim to an another catastrophic attack that might take place in Los Angeles, Chicago, or Main Street, United States of America, in shopping mall, airport, or high-rise building. The moment the nation realized it was under attack, the leaders of the government were compelled to react. Operating in this environment, one may suspect that the government would have been uninterested in discrimination against Muslims. Particularly given the pressing demands of their new roles and the uncomfortable fact that the terrorists invoked Islam to justify the 9/11 attacks. At first, Sikhs were not explicitly included in these even though Sikhs were encountering significant discrimination almost immediately after the towers fell. Almost two weeks after Balbir Singh Sodhi's death, President Bush addressed the targeting of turbaned Sikhs: An American Sikh has been killed, unjustly so.
