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I wasn’t yet three. She knew that she was jeopardizing her marriage. She knew that she was crossing a line my dad considered ...
Agents are demanding Sikh men remove their turbans and are dumping the sacred religious garb in the trash. Bhupinder, an 18-year-old Sikh man wearing a purple turban, said, simply, “I can’t ...
Army Maj. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, who attended the hearing in his camouflage turban, said afterward that Sikhs will continue to petition Congress and the military to change the policy to prevent ...
WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Female Soldiers may now wear dreadlocks and male Soldiers whose religious faith requires beards and turbans may now seek permanent accommodation. Army directive ...
For the second time this year, Gucci is taking heat for a high-priced fashion accessory -- this time a nearly $800 turban. It upset people in the Sikh community because the turban is seen as a ...
In Toor’s case, with his turban and hair, the increased religious accommodation is positive but it does not go far enough, according to a senior staff attorney with the Sikh Coalition, which ...
A New Zealand Sikh put religion aside and took off his turban to help an injured child. The New Zealand Herald reports 22-year-old Harman Singh saw a 5-year-old boy had been struck by a car ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) New Army regulations will allow soldiers to wear turbans, beards and hijabs under most circumstances, reflecting a change Sikhs have sought for years. [ad number=“1”] “Based ...
Since 2009, religious accommodation requests received by the Army have largely been from soldiers wanting to wear a hijab or a Sikh turban or patka with uncut beard and hair, according to the ...
New Army regulations let soldiers wear hijabs, turbans and religious beards. By Fox News. Published January 6, 2017 9:35am EST | Updated January 6, 2017 3:11pm EST. Facebook ...
While other armed services allow some religion-based exceptions to dress standards without problems, the Marines insist that even small deviations can threaten the force’s effectiveness.
The New York Police Department will allow officers to begin wearing beards and turbans for religious reasons, in a policy shift intended to help diversify the nation’s largest police force.