Kirpan Ban

Some comments made by parents about the incident are now being probed by the police as potential hate crimes, the report added. An investigation is being carried out. A spokeswoman for the South Yorkshire Police said: "Police are aware that a religious kirpan was brought into the school by a six-year-old pupil."

A Canadian court has upheld the right of Quebec's national assembly to prohibit people from entering the building with a kirpan, an article of faith for the Sikhs, media reports said.

The legislative assembly of Canada's French-speaking Quebec province Wednesday passed a unanimous motion banning the kirpan from its premises.All 113 members of the assembly, including Premier (chief minister) Jean Charest, voted in favour of the ban on the Sikh symbol.The motion was introduced by the opposition Parti Quebecois (PQ) after la...

A school in Michigan's Canton township has barred students from bringing a 'kirpan' to the premises after parents objected to a fourth grader carrying the religious symbol. The move has troubled the small Sikh community in the township near Detroit, prompting them to launch a public awareness campaign to make people realise that 'kirpan

Some comments made by parents about the incident are now being probed by the police as potential hate crimes, the report added. An investigation is being carried out. A spokeswoman for the South Yorkshire Police said: "Police are aware that a religious kirpan was brought into the school by a six-year-old pupil."

A Canadian court has upheld the right of Quebec's national assembly to prohibit people from entering the building with a kirpan, an article of faith for the Sikhs, media reports said.

The legislative assembly of Canada's French-speaking Quebec province Wednesday passed a unanimous motion banning the kirpan from its premises.All 113 members of the assembly, including Premier (chief minister) Jean Charest, voted in favour of the ban on the Sikh symbol.The motion was introduced by the opposition Parti Quebecois (PQ) after la...

A school in Michigan's Canton township has barred students from bringing a 'kirpan' to the premises after parents objected to a fourth grader carrying the religious symbol. The move has troubled the small Sikh community in the township near Detroit, prompting them to launch a public awareness campaign to make people realise that 'kirpan