CHICAGO, IL, USA—American newspaper USA Today published a report on ‘Islamic Terrorism’ showing picture of a Sikh man. While the news report is about President Donald Trump signing executive orders to keep ‘Islamic Terrorists’ out, USA Today has wrongfully used picture of an American Sikh to accompany the report.

Sikhs are easily distinguished due to their flowing beards and turbans, and have been targeted due to their identity after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, along with Muslims.

USA Today reported, “President Trump made good on one of his most controversial campaign promises Friday when he suspended the U.S. refugee program, temporarily banned all immigrants from seven Muslim countries and ordered his administration to develop “extreme vetting” measures for immigrants from those countries.”

While the news story on its website shows picture of President Trump signing the executive order, the story was posted on Twitter accompanied by picture of an American Sikh.

@ShadyNT @USATODAY bahaha really? Showing a sikh when topic is islamic terrorists? — Jesse Sweeney (@JesseASweeney) January 27, 2017

This past week, NBC News also posted picture of a Sikh man in a video on Twitter titled “radical Islamic terrorism”. The tweet was later removed, however NBC did not tender an official apology.

Since Donald Trump took office, there have been at least seven hate crimes against the Sikhs in the United States, with one incident involving an act of arson on a Woodland, CA, restaurant owned by a Sikh Californian. Such careless and blatantly ignorant mistakes impact lives and safety of Sikh Americans. Since 9/11, Sikhs have been a large target of hate crimes, even though there was no link between the Sikhs and terrorists who attacked the World Trade Centers. Shortly after the terrorist attack in New York, a Sikh man named Balbir Singh Sodhi was murdered at his gas station in Mesa, AZ. He was asked to “go back to his country” while he was shot at in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

@USATODAY This is a Sikh man. Your ignorance misleads readers about Sikhs. Why the need to show ANYONE as representative of a terrorist? — Gurjeet Kaur Singh (@gurjeetkaur) January 28, 2017