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Kirpan, khanda necklaces being barred on international flights raise Sikh flyers’ hackles
Sikh passengers flying internationally, especially from Amritsar and Delhi airports, have alleged that they are being barred from carrying kirpan and khanda necklaces on board. Multiple such ...
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Court overturns state ban on Sikhs carrying ceremonial knives in public
The Supreme Court of Queensland has overturned a law prohibiting the wearing of Sikh ceremonial knives, known as kirpan, in public places, including schools. A successful court appeal allows Sikhs ...
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NSW government releases new policy on ‘kirpan’ in public schools
Sikh students in New South Wales schools to be allowed to carry a ‘kirpan’ (an article of the Sikh faith) on their person under a set of conditions mutually agreed upon by the government ...
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Sikh flyers barred from wearing kirpan-khanda at two airports, say NGOs
have been barred from carrying kirpan and khanda necklaces, a key article of faith for Amritdhari... The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881 ...
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KS2 Religious Studies: The Five Ks of Sikhism
SIMRAN: Kachera is long shortsworn under the clothes for modesty. And Kirpan is a very small sword. Kirpan symbolises that we defendpeople and we protect people. We never use it in a bad way.