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turbans stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - Scientists are developing a bulletproof turban that would allow Britain’s Sikh police officers to handle firearms and become riot cops, the Telegraph reports. The religion requires men keep their turbans on at all times, barring them from wearing helmets required in certain high-risk scenarios. “There needs to be... More »

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United Kingdom • police • England • religion • helmets • turbans • Sikh • bulletproof • Kevlar

 GQ Books Sikh 
 'Supermodel' 

IT worker was discovered last year

Apr 3, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - An aspiring supermodel who happens to be Sikh will appear in GQ’s Style magazine wearing a turban, the Telegraph reports. Sonny Caberwal, discovered by Kenneth Cole last year, posed in a black dinner jacket with a pink turban and in a white tuxedo with a yellow turban. Caberwal worked... More »

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fashion • turbans • Sikh • male models • supermodel

Obama Camp Rips New Yorker Caricature

'Offensive' drawing features Barack in turban, rifle-toting wife

Jul 14, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign has ripped an "offensive" New Yorker cover illustration depicting the candidate in a turban, fist-bumping his afro-sporting, AK-47-toting wife, Politico reports. The cover, intended by the magazine to lampoon the cartoonish image of Obama propagated by some of his right-wing critics, has sparked a flurry of... More »

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Barack Obama • satire • New Yorker magazine • turbans

Mohammed Cartoon Goes on the Market

Artist, in hiding, calls
drawing  'a symbol of freedom of expression'

Mar 1, 08 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Kurt Westergaard, the artist behind the most controversial of the Danish cartoons that sparked fierce Muslim protest in 2005, is looking to sell his drawing. The sketch of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban has sent Westergaard into hiding, under police protection, and potential buyers may be scared off... More »

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protests • editorial cartoons • Mohammed • Denmark • turbans • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Kurt Westergaard

Traditional Trumps Trendy for Indian 'Idol'

In boost for fading custom, Sikh winner sports turban

Dec 14, 07 6:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The winner of "Voice of India," the country's equivalent of "American Idol," is an icon of both music and style, but he prefers tradition to trends. Ishmeet Singh, 18, has gained national recognition as a keshdari Sikh, or one who wears a turban, in an era... More »

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American Idol • Ishmeet Singh • turbans • Voice of India • Sikh

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