The University of North Carolina at Charlotte announced this week that it would allow Sikh students to wear a kirpan on campus, a religious article. The change comes about two months after a video was ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HOPKINTON — Reflecting a changing student population, a school weapons policy now allows for blade-like objects to be worn for ...
Within the media we are often bombarded with 'Rise in knife crime' headlines and presented with tragic cases of brutal stabbings. There are some people today who often refer to the Kirpan, a religious ...
HOUSTON -- Kawaljeet Tagore says she lost her job with the IRS over a misunderstanding about her religion. And now after fighting a battle in court, she's speaking only to Eyewitness News. Tagore says ...
A Sikh student being handcuffed at the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte campus for carrying a Kirpan put a spotlight on weapons laws and religious protections. Despite instances like what ...
Melbourne, August 4: The Supreme Court in Australia's Queensland state has overturned a law banning Sikh religious dagger (Kirpan) on school grounds calling it "unconstitutional". The ruling by the ...
A Sikh student at UNC Charlotte was handcuffed after an unidentified person called 911 on them. The caller had mistaken a religious item, a kirpan, for a knife, the university said in a statement. The ...
Days after the BJP-led government banned wearing hijab in classrooms in India’s Karnataka state, another row erupted over Sikh’s Kirpan (steel sword or dagger) during provincial assembly elections ...
Washington: A school in Michigan's Canton township has barred students from bringing a 'kirpan' to the premises after parents objected to a fourth grader carrying the religious symbol. The move has ...
The Canadian Supreme Court in Ottawa on Tuesday reserved its judgment on the right of a Montreal Sikh student to wear kirpan in classroom. HT Image It is the first case on the issue of kirpan in this ...
In a decision hailed as a victory for religious freedom, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled yesterday that Sikh students can carry ceremonial daggers to class, and that doing so poses no real danger to ...