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A Sikh man has been ejected from a movie theater in California for wearing his kirpan, or ceremonial sword ... the Kirpan which is a dagger or sword that 'symbolizes the constant struggle of ...
YUBA CITY (CBS13) — A Sikh man wants to serve on a Sutter County jury, but the court will not let him because of the ceremonial weapon ... who is Sikh carries a dagger, known as a kirpan ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Sikh athletes and spectators will be allowed to wear ceremonial daggers into London Olympic venues next year, despite the intense security arrangements, as part of a multi-faith ...
Last year a boy was forced to leave his school in Barnet, north London because of a ban on the daggers, which must be carried by every Sikh after baptism. Sikh, Christian and Muslim teenagers have ...
BRAMPTON, Ontario, April 7 (UPI) -- The leader of a Toronto-area Sikh temple was stabbed with a ceremonial knife Sikhs legally ... the ceremonial daggers worn by Sikh men, the Toronto Star ...
A Kirpan, or ceremonial dagger, is one of five things a baptised Sikh is required to carry on ... exemption to laws that allow students to carry knives to school for genuine religious purposes.
A university has been forced to apologise after handcuffing a Sikh student for having a ceremonial knife. Police were called to the University of North Carolina in Charlotte and placed a student ...
The U.S. Secret Service gave the World Sikh Council a choice: Leave your ceremonial daggers at the door or ... it permits a sheathed knife suspended from the waist, according to a 1998 advisory ...
A Sikh boy has been withdrawn from a school in a dispute over a ceremonial dagger, his local education authority confirmed today. The 14-year-old who has not been named, was forbidden from wearing ...
A Sikh boy has been withdrawn from the Compton School in Barnet, north London, in a dispute over a ceremonial dagger, his local education authority confirmed. 13 October 2009 • 2:30pm The 14 ...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Sikh athletes and spectators will be allowed to wear ceremonial daggers into London Olympic venues next year, despite the intense security arrangements, as part of a ...
A Sikh man wants to serve on a Sutter County, Calif. jury, but the court will not let him because of the ceremonial weapon ... Singh, who is Sikh, carries a dagger, known as a kirpan.