Browsing Tag: France

At the UN, Sikhs Win Turban Case Against France

The UN Human Rights Committee has asked France to submit a report by March 15th on measures it is taking to remedy the violation of the religious freedom of 76 year old Ranjit Singh,who was asked to remove his turban for his ID photo.
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Manmohan Singh shouldn't act like a weak PM: Navjot Singh Sidhu [OP~ED]

BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday claimed Sikhs were still becoming victims of mistaken identity across the globe and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to do something for the dignity of the Turban, the headgear worn by members of the community.
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Winning Hearts and Minds in France: Angad Singh

"It takes courage to do what he is doing."
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Labour MP takes up Sikh turban searching issue with European Commission

The strength and vibrancy of our Sikh community in the UK gives us a special interest in the issue, an insight we can usefully share with our European partners, so we will be doing our best to lead the debate not only with the Commission but with other member states. Achieving the change we need will take time.
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Anti-Sikh Racism in Europe

UNO can play a leading role by directing all its member's Nations to take special measures so that the Sikhs should not become racial victims because of their identity.
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French Cultural Minister Frederic Mitterrand Rules out Turbans in Schools

"However, on a personal point of view, I am highly respectful of the Sikh religion. I don’t forget that many of them were by our side during the world war and they were soldiers of the allies. Of course we have a debt towards them," the French minister said.
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Sikhs urge Sarkozy to lift ban on turbans in French schools

Delhi SAD chief Manjit Singh G. K. said the delegation which went up to the Embassy also presented a picture of young Sikh princesses in their traditional attire to the French President through the mission. “It portrayed the importance of the turban among young Sikhs,” he said.
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Sukhbir asks PM to take up Turban issue with Sarkozy

In a letter to the Prime Minster on the eve of the visit of the French President to India, Mr. Badal said that it was amazing that such "discriminatory rules and laws should exist in a country like France which has been the torch-bearer of freedom of conscience as well as of liberal and democratic ethos to large parts of world.
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French Senate overwhelmingly votes to ban face veils in public

Muslim leaders concur that Islam does not require a woman to hide her face. However, they have voiced concerns that a law forbidding them to do so would stigmatize the French Muslim population, which at an estimated 5 million is the largest in western Europe.
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Perceptible Identities in a Secular Medley

We have become not a melting pot, with all the ingredients blended together, but a beautiful mosaic – each tile uniquely beautiful whilst also merging into the big picture which has a beauty all its own. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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