Worshippers gather for a candlelight vigil outside the Illinois Sikh Community Center in Wheaton on Monday, August 6, 2012, to remember those lost in a weekend mass shooting inside a Sikh temple in Milwaukee, Wisc. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Worshippers gather inside the temple at the Illinois Sikh Community Center in Wheaton on Monday, August 6, 2012, as they listen to community church leaders as they offer their condolences and words of encouragement following a mass shooting that left six dead in a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Wisc., over the weekend. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Ravi Singh, spokesman for the Illinois Sikh Community Center, shares his thoughts regarding mass shooting inside a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Wisc., over the weekend that left six worshippers dead during a vigil at the Wheaton center on Monday, August 6, 2012. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Eugen Miu of Bolingbrook sets candles during a vigil outside the Illinois Sikh Community Center in Wheaton on Monday, August 6, 2012. Worshippers gathered to remember victims killed in a weekend shooting inside a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Wisc. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Worshippers pray during a service at the Illinois Sikh Community Center in Wheaton on Monday, August 6, 2012, which included a candlelight vigil to remember the victims killed in a weekend attack inside a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Wisc. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Tears form on the cheeks of Jashanpreet Kaur as she prays at the Illinois Sikh Community Center in Wheaton on Monday, August 6, 2012, during a service to remember victims killed in a recent attack at the Oak Creek Sikh Temple near Milwaukee, Wis. Kaur, formerly of Wisconsin, said she worshipped every Sunday at the Oak Creek temple before moving to DuPage County last year. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
The American Sikh community has faced tragedy and persecution before. “I was so praying that it wasn’t a hate crime,” said Ravi Singh, spokesman for the Illinois Sikh Community Center in Wheaton. “Thirty five years ago we were explaining who we were, why we’re not …