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  • March 2008
    • Ritual Daggers Bar Sikhs From Meeting Pope

      Ritual Daggers Bar Sikhs From Meeting Pope

      (Newser) - Sikh leaders won’t attend a US interfaith meeting with Pope Benedict XVI next month because the Secret Service won’t let them wear ceremonial daggers, the AP reports. Kirpaans are required attire for the Eastern religion. “We cannot undermine the rights and freedoms of religion in the name of security,” said a Sikh official. But the Secret Service won’t bend the rules. More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI   Secret Service   Catholic   bishop   sword   Sikh

  • December 2007
    • Traditional Trumps Trendy for Indian 'Idol'

      Traditional Trumps Trendy for Indian 'Idol'

      (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 when the head covering is disappearing among young Sikhs, Time reports.   More »

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      American Idol   turbans   Sikh

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