US EditionIllinois Republican mistakes Sikh for Muslim, calls him delivering prayer in House ‘deeply troubling’
- Illinois Republican Representative Mary Miller posted a social media message wrongly identifying Sikh cleric Giani Singh as a Muslim leading prayer in the House on Friday.
- Miller initially claimed it was "deeply troubling" that a Muslim led prayer and later edited her post to replace Muslim with Sikh before deleting it altogether.
- Miller faced widespread condemnation for her post, including from Republicans like Rep. David Valadao and Democrats like Rep. Veronica Escobar, who called the remarks discriminatory and racist.
- Sikh Coalition and lawmakers highlighted the ignorance and intolerance in Miller's statements, noting Sikhism is distinct from Islam and emphasizing America's foundations of religious freedom.
- The incident underscores ongoing challenges around religious tolerance in Congress and calls for Miller to apologize to Sikh and Muslim communities for her mistaken and offensive remarks.
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GOP congresswoman faces bipartisan criticism for deleted post about Sikh guest chaplain
Republican Rep. Mary Miller is facing bipartisan criticism over a now-deleted social media post in which she called it “deeply troubling” that a Sikh delivered the morning prayer on the US House floor.
'Textbook xenophobia': Republican who denounced Sikh House prayer leader slammed
Republican U.S. Congresswoman Mary Miller of Illinois is facing backlash after denouncing the decision to allow a man—whom she first misidentified as a Muslim and later acknowledged was Sikh—to deliver the House morning prayer.“It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the Ho...
House Republican posts then deletes that Sikh should not be allowed to deliver Congress prayer
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) is under fire for a since-deleted post saying a Sikh or Muslim should not be allowed to lead prayer in the House. It is a long-standing tradition in the House to introduce legislative sessions with prayer, with Congress members regularly inviting guest chaplains from their districts. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) asked Giani Surinder Singh, a Sikh cleric from New Jersey, to lead lawmakers in prayer Friday morning. The decisio…
Illinois Republican mistakes Sikh for Muslim_ calls him delivering prayer in House ‘deeply troubling’
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) said it was "deeply disturbing" that a Sikh delivered a prayer in the House chamber on Friday — after apparently mistaking him for a Muslim man. The since-deleted post Friday morning sparked immediate bipartisan criticism. “It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should never have been allowed to happen,” Miller said in a post on X. “America was f…
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