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NEWS ABOUT: Sikh

Sikh stories: 7 news summaries
OPINION

Don't Let This Army Captain Wear a Beard

Uniform, appearance exceptions a slippery slope to ruin

Nov 12, 09 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Following the Fort Hood shootings, top Army brass have worried about a “backlash” against Muslim soldiers. Funny, then, that the Army itself is creating the climate for backlash by eroding the uniform code with concessions to religious custom, writes Elaine Donnelly . Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a Sikh, was granted... More »

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uniforms • US military • US Army • American Muslims • Sikh • facial hair • religious attire • code

 India Riots Bust Out 
 After Austria Temple Killing 

Punjab erupts in violence after Sikh guru's murder

May 25, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Riots have broken out in dozens of cities across the Indian state of Punjab after a Sikh guru was killed in a temple in Austria yesterday. Thousands of protesters have damaged public property and set trains on fire, and in one city four people were injured when police fired on... More »

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India • Austria • Punjab • violence • riots • Sikh • religious violence • Manmohan Singh

 Gun Battle in Vienna 
 Temple Wounds 6 

Shooters stormed into temple with knives, gun

May 24, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mid-afternoon shootout between members of two families at an Indian religious temple in Vienna left nine people seriously injured, Reuters reports. Authorities arrested six men who barged into the Sikh temple with knives and a gun. The men, who number among the wounded, apparently were extremists who opposed the... More »

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Austria • Vienna • Sikh • shooting • shootout • temple • gunfire

(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

Ritual Daggers Bar Sikhs From Meeting Pope

Religion, Secret Service at impasse for April interfaith US gathering

Mar 6, 08 12:00 PM CST
(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... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Secret Service • Catholic • Sikh • bishop • kirpaan • dagger • sword

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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