Officials at a North Carolina university are being criticized after an incident in which a Sikh student was detained for wearing a kirpan, a curved dagger carried by some Sikhs as part of their faith.

Kirpan is one of the integral parts of five Sikh Kakars. In a shocking incident that occurred in the United States of America, a Sikh student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte was ...

Others posted a fact sheet about Sikhs compiled by the Sikh Coalition. Another wrote : "I must admit I was unaware of kirpan, the significance, or that it has legal exemptions.

Harpreet Singh, co-founder of the Sikh Coalition, a New York-based group that works to protect Sikhs who practice their faith, said the kirpan has symbolic meaning. "It symbolizes a fight against ...

Sikhs are sick, instead of thanking USA, Canada and other Western Countries which allows them to wear turbans and terrorizing beards, they claim the right to go about with “kirpan”.

A Sikh student at University of North Carolina at Charlotte was detained and handcuffed after someone called 911 to report that he was in possession of a knife, which was actually a religious objec… ...

HOPKINTON — Reflecting a changing student population, a school weapons policy now allows for blade-like objects to be worn for religious reasons. The new weapons policy, adopted on March 21 ...

Baptized Sikhs are required to carry or maintain the five articles of the Sikh faith: kesh (uncut hair), kara (steel bracelet), kanga (small wooden comb), kachera (undershorts) and a kirpan ...

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A Sikh man was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport after police accused him of carrying a weapon. Ruppenjot Singh, a 23-year-old yellow cab driver, recalled ...

Kirpans “resemble a knife or sword,” according to the Sikh Coalition, and “initiated Sikhs are required to carry” one “at all times.” “There is no prescribed length or sharpness for ...

When one sees a kirpan, there is more than meets the eye. Courtesy photo; Facebook; Twitter; ... a Sikh student at the University of North Carolina was handcuffed and detained by campus police for ...