Article: Charges against Sikh driver for wearing 'Kirpan' dropped in US.

Article: Student acquitted on charges of carrying kirpan
India Abroad;  December 16, 2005 ;     552 words ... ... bond, without his kirpan. Harpreet Singh, legal director of United Sikhs, who announced ... application to the kirpan. A brief was prepared jointly by United Sikhs, Gibbs and ACLU ... prosecutor that the kirpan, a scimitar in ... viewed as one. United Sikhs had ...

Article: US Sikh held, turban snatched over kirpan
The Hindustan Times;  July 1, 2008 ;     566 words ... ... handcuffed. Both his kirpan and turban were ... according to the United Sikhs, a community organisation ... staff attorney for United Sikhs, said: "Prior ... states show that the kirpan is to be treated ... harassment over kirpan and turban, two ... of their faith. United ...

Article: Student allowed to carry kirpan to school
India Abroad;  April 1, 2005 ;     493 words ... ... school with a smaller kirpan. Amandeep Singh, a ... allowing him to wear his kirpan at school. Amandeep ... was fought by the United Sikhs and the Becket Fund ... Singh, director of United Sikhs, noted that Amandeep ... were allowed to wear a kirpan to school [without ...

Article: Sikh boy withdrawn from UK school after objection to ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  October 13, 2009 ;     598 words ... ... a replica and not a genuine kirpan. The family has taken him ... asked if he was wearing the kirpan," he told the BBC's Asian ... director of community group United Sikhs, said: "The Compton School ... accommodated Sikh students who wear a kirpan." The boy's family said ...

Article: Police wrong to arrest Sikh student for carrying kirpan: ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  January 10, 2006 ;     521 words ... ... Sikh student for carrying kirpan: Judge New York, Jan 10 ... Union and the religious group United Sikhs protested Garcha's arrest, saying the kirpan is not a weapon, but rather ... Since Garcha was carrying the kirpan for religious reasons, the ...

Article: United Sikhs brings smile on face of victims
India Abroad;  March 4, 2005 ;     397 words ... ... these innocent people to suffer? I wanted to be by the side of the survivors," she said. The chance came last month when United Sikhs, a voluntary organization with branches in the US, Britain and India, sent a team of its members to Phuket, Thailand ...

Article: Sikh with kirpan not allowed to enter Canadian court
The Hindustan Times;  January 18, 2008 ;     671 words ... ... Syndication. Toronto, Jan. 18 -- The kirpan issue is back in the news in Canada ... where courts have allowed Sikhs to wear kirpan in schools, police forces and public ... allowed to appear in court because of his kirpan. Tejinder Sidhu, 25, who went to a ...