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A 12-year-old Sikh student’s long hair was sheared by a Queens classmate in the third such school attack in a year. Angry members of the India-based religion rallied in Richmond Hill yesterda… ...
(RNS) A federal judge has ruled a Sikh college student must be allowed to join a college Army group and keep his long hair, turban and beard -- part of his "religious uniform." ...
When he tried to enlist, Chhabra, a Sikh from Reno, was told that his long hair and beard, which Sikhs are religiously mandated to keep unshorn, collided with Air Force grooming requirements.
I wasn’t yet three. She knew that she was jeopardizing her marriage. She knew that she was crossing a line my dad considered ...
U.S. Marine recruits who identify as Sikhs can keep their beards and long hair when they train at boot camp, a federal court ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ruled on Friday ...
Three Sikh men — who have signed up for the Marine Corps but have not yet shipped off — sued in April for religious accommodations that would allow them to enter boot camp with long hair ...
The Army says three enlisted Sikh soldiers may wear the articles of faith but a lawsuit seeking to end the ban will continue. Army Lets Three More Sikh Soldiers Wear Turban, Beard, Long Hair ...
A federal judge this month ordered the Marine Corps to allow a Sikh recruit to keep his long hair, beard and “articles of faith” while he’s in boot bamp.. The Marines cannot require the ...
Most Sikh men don't cut their hair as a sign of their religious commitment. ... [Sikhs] have served for a long time in militaries around the world, including in the United States, ...
A federal court has ruled that a Sikh college student must be allowed to join his school’s Army ROTC with his long hair, beard and turban intact. In her decision, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the ...