kirpan

Students of the Sikh faith will be allowed to continue wearing a kirpan, the knife-like symbol of nonviolence they’re required to wear upon baptism, under terms of an agreement reached this week between Plymouth-Canton Community Schools officials and leaders of the Sikh community. More than a...

Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia On Jan. 18, four representatives of the World Sikh Organization of Canada were refused entry into the Quebec National Assembly because they were wearing the kirpan -- a religious requirement of the Sikh Faith for those formally initiated. The Sikhs had gone there to...

The federal government last week expressed solidarity with the Sikh community while attacking the "separatist" Quebec parties over the kirpan "non-issue". Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturism Jason Kenney charged the incident - in which four Sikhs were barred from entering...

USA: January 22, 2011. (PCP) The World Sikh Council – America Region (WSC-AR) appreciates and stands in solidarity with the efforts of Sikhs in Canada, led by the World Sikh Organization (WSO) of Canada, in refusing to enter the Quebec National Assembly on January 18, 2011 without their...

Bloc Quebecois says time has come to ban Sikh kirpan from House of Commons The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Quebec's emotionally charged debate over multiculturalism has finally landed on the national stage and it centres on a ceremonial dagger worn by Sikhs. Members of the federal...

OTTAWA — The World Sikh Organization of Canada reached out to the Bloc Quebecois Thursday in an attempt to calm a brewing storm about the kirpan, a ceremonial dagger carried by religious Sikhs. "We feel that there has been lot of rhetoric thrown around and that the only way to overcome any...

Inside Politics Blog Question of the Day * By Ryan Hicks The kirpan -- the ceremonial dagger worn by many Sikhs -- is not considered a weapon by law. Many Sikhs wear it in public places. Bloc MP Claude DeBellefeuille is proposing a ban on kirpans in the House of Commons. This came...

Court lifts ban on carrying kirpan at US gurdwara Tribune News Service Amritsar, January 18 A local court in Rochester (USA) has lifted the ban on carrying a kirpan into the Gurdwara Sahib Rochester almost six months after it was imposed in view of some a bid by some persons to take...

A group of four Sikhs scheduled to make a presentation at Quebec's national assembly Tuesday morning were denied entry to the legislature because they refused to remove their kirpans. The representatives of the World Sikh Organization were scheduled to address the legislative committee...

'Sikh 101' Forum Leaves Some Hopeful, Others Doubtful Peg McNichol Anne Marie Graham-Hudak would have been happy to see 50 or 60 people show up to learn more about the Sikh faith Thursday evening. She was delighted when nearly 75 attended the event at St. Thomas a’Becket on Lilley Road...

January 7, 2011 23rd Poh (Samvat 542 Nanakshahi) Plymouth-Canton Community Schools in Michigan Seeks to Find a Compromise on the Wearing of the Kirpan Superintendent has Issued a Temporary Ban Until a Resolution/ Compromise has Been Reached[/B] [/SIZE] Highlights: UNITED SIKHS and SALDEF...

News release by personal email. SALDEF Working for Kirpan Accommodation in Michigan School District Superindent Issues Temporary Ban Until Resolution is Reached (Detroit, MI) January 7, 2011: SALDEF is deeply concerned over the temporary ban of the kirpan from Plymouth-Canton Community...

Members of a Michigan Sikh community are upset after a student was banned from bringing a religious sword to a public school. The incident occurred at Bentley Elementary School in Canton when a fourth grader was caught wearing a small saber underneath his clothing, reports MyFoxDetriot...

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I recently began to wear all of the 5 k's, and being left handed, i wore my gatra on the left shoulder, with my kirpan hanging by my right hip. Now i thought this wasn't a problem, but almost every time somebody sees my kirpan on "the other side" they say what are you doing, you're wearing it...

YouTube- Kent School District Works with Sikh Coalition on Kirpan

<small>Posted on Sun Jul 11 02:31:56 2010 by Brian_Baldwin</small> KIRPAN (THE SIKH SWORD) Author : Unknown The sword has a special place in the history of various religious, cultures and nations. For a Sikh, "Kirpan" is an article of faith. For an initiated Sikh, wearing of a Kirpan...

I noticed that people who wear a kirpan always have it hanging on the left side. When i asked my family, they didn't have an answer and just said thats the right side to have it and it had never been questioned. So i'm just wondering if there is a specific reason for this? and if it would be...

By Balbir Singh Sooch, Advocate, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Ludhiana</st1:city> The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar ( SGPC), the Delhi Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (DGPC) and the Sikhs divided by the different so-called Deras etc, run and controlled directly...

The Matter of The Kirpan by I.J. SINGH Since Vaisakhi 1699 when Guru Gobid Singh, the Tenth Sikh Master, mandated it, a Kirpan (sword) has been one of the five articles of faith for a practicing Sikh who has been initiated into the Khalsa discipline. Its size often varies from a minimal...