Sikh council candidate's billboard defaced

Sikh council candidate’s billboard defaced

Tuesday, September 6th, 2016

The first Sikh to run for a place on Hamilton’s city council has had his billboard defaced with the name Isis in black paint.

Yugraj Singh Mahil is pictured on the billboard with another candidate Anna Casey-Cox. Both are first time candidates in the city’s east ward, standing as part of the Community Voice group.

He said there needed to be greater awareness of the difference between Sikhism and Islam. Continue reading

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