"It's the very basic teachings of our religion. "I think this is our duty. Everybody is our brothers and sisters and homeless families are suffering. We're fortunate that we can do something to help them. The mindset is they're all God's children," added Randik Singh, "and they're in pain and we've got to do something about it."
One Canadian Singh took to Twitter to explain why, historically, Sikhs have never been at war against Muslims or Islam, but against despots.
Speaking to The Indian Express over phone, Amarpreet Singh, managing director, Khalsa Aid, India who has reached Teknaf, a border town in Bangladesh where the refugees are living in the camps, said that condition at the border was “miserable to say the least”.
He calmly and sincerely told the heckler, "we welcome you. We love you. We support you." "Everyone in this room loves you ... this room is filled with people who are loving," he soon added. The crowd then applauded in support. Faced with this showing of love, the heckler eventually stormed out.
Things get a bit more tense as the woman starts pointing her finger at Singh and yelling. Again, most of what she is saying is drowned out by the audience's chanting. "We welcome you. We love you. We support you, and we love you," Singh tells her.
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