Kirpan Controversies

Author: Ron Csillag Source: BeliefNet News Wire Service: RNS http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2011/02/toronto-rns-lawmakers-in-the.php Lawmakers in the province of Quebec voted unanimously on Wednesday (Feb. 9) to ban the kirpan, a Sikh ceremonial dagger...

Author: David Lawrence Source: The Detroit Free-Press http://www.freep.com/print/article/20110131/NEWS02/110131014/Sikh-stude… The Plymouth-Canton school district has opted to allow Sikh students to...

Author: Staff Writer Source: CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2011/01/18/sikhs-denied-entry-n… A group of four Sikhs scheduled to make a presentation at Quebec's national assembly Tuesday morning were denied entry to the...

Author: Peg McNichol Source: The Plymouth Patch http://plymouth-mi.patch.com/articles/sikh-101-forum-leaves-some-hopefu… Anne Marie Graham-Hudak would have been happy to see 50 or 60 people show up to learn more about the Sikh faith...

Author: Niraj Warikoo Source: The Kansas City Star/Detroit Free Press http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/05/2563565/sikhs-look-to-ease-tension… Tensions over a Sikh boy who took a religious sword to an elementary school have prompted a public...

Author: Brad Kadrich Source: The Observer http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20101216/NEWS03/12160556 A Bentley Elementary School fourth-grader and his family have agreed to remove a religious item normally required to be worn by their Sikh religion...

Author: Sarah Sacheli Source: The Gazette http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Sikh+refuses+enter+courthouse+becau… A man at the centre of a dispute at a Windsor, Ont., Sikh temple refused to enter a courthouse to testify...

Author: Kenyon Wallace Source: Canada.com/National Post http://www.canada.com/news/story.html?id=2776126 The World Sikh Organization of Canada is moving to dispel misconceptions about the kirpan, a small ceremonial dagger worn by Sikhs, following an...

Author: Raveena Aulakh Source: Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/791293--brampton-kirpan-a… The crowd of about 150 people was yelling obscenities and threats outside the Sikh Lehar Centre...

Author: Rachel Grunwell Source: New Zealand Herald http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=30… The Human Rights Commission has been asked to clarify whether a Sikh student should be allowed to wear a...