The initiative by DU’s Academic Council comes as the nation prepares to commemorate the 350th Shaheedi Purab of Guru Tegh ...

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… ...

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 ...

Keeping his hair long and wrapping it in a turban is required of Khalsa as a man of Sikh faith. Sikhs believe that keeping their hair in its natural state is a symbol of respect for God, ...

Sikhs have served in the U.S. military since at least World War I and have long sought exemptions for their beards, long hair and turbans. In April 2009, Army Capt. Kamaljeet S. Kalsi, a doctor ...

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 ...

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.

WASHINGTON – A federal court ruled today that a Sikh college student must be allowed to enroll in Army ROTC without shaving his beard, cutting his hair, or removing his turban. The ruling by U.S.

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 ...

(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." ...