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23 Apr 2010, 4:25 am by Howard Friedman
According to the Montreal Gazette, Superior Court Justice Steven Rogin said that the witness, a physician and gurdwara leader, will not be permitted to bring his kirpan into the courthouse even though the ban may breach his charter right to freedom of religion. [read post]
25 Nov 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
 Last week's settlement (Sikh Coalition release) grew out of the Justice Department's continuing examination of the school district's harassment policies. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 4:20 am by Immigration Prof
We Too Sing America South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future by Deepa Iyer (The New Press, 2015) The nationally renowned racial justice advocate shines a light on an unexplored consequence of modern-day terrorism: the ongoing,... [read post]
11 Sep 2011, 1:11 am by The Legal Blog
The elevation of Justice Khehar Singh means India will get its first Sikh Chief Justice of India, after the retirement of Justice T.S. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 11:39 am
(AP/Manish Swarup) Kawaljeet Kaur Tagore, a Sikh woman who worked as an IRS agent in Texas, insisted on wearing her Kirpan — a small ceremonial knife intended to remind the bearer of a Sikh’s duty to protect the weak and promote justice. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 10:41 am by Eugene Volokh
Spellman testified that the kirpan was designed as a religious symbol to remind Sikhs of their obligations to do justice. [read post]
31 Mar 2007, 12:53 am
There are suspicions that Mr Singh, a British national and retired foundry worker from Wolverhampton, has been caught up in a miscarriage of justice. [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
"Mr Modi has done nothing to bring identified Congress leaders who urged gangs of hooligans, to kill, murder and burn Sikh men, women and children, to justice. [read post]
20 Aug 2014, 9:52 pm by Steven D. Schwinn
Boasberg (D.D.C.) ruled earlier this week in Sikhs for Justice v. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 2:43 pm by Tracy Russo
The Department of Justice is actively working to protect American Muslims, as well as members of the Arab, Sikh and South Asian communities, from threats and violence directed at them because of their religion or ethnicity, and to prevent acts of discrimination against them in the workplace, schools, and many other areas. [read post]
19 Sep 2019, 6:25 am by Yosie Saint-Cyr
According to Wikipedia, wearing a Sikh dastaar, or turban, is mandatory for all Sikh men. [read post]
18 Jan 2016, 11:00 am by Dawinder Sidhu
Indeed, when the Supreme Court determined that to be “regarded as” disabled occurred when an individual was “mistakenly” believed to have a disability, the Justices did not green light discrimination against the actually disabled. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 10:15 pm
The kirpan commonly resembles a sword, and is intended as a constant reminder to its bearer of a Sikh's solemn duty to protect the weak and promote justice for all....The lawsuit claims that the IRS's termination of Tagore violates both the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) and Title VII religious employment discrimination rules. [read post]
23 Jan 2015, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
The Hindu reports that Sikhs for Justice filed a declaratory judgment action in a New York federal district court last week seeking to require Secretary of State John Kerry to designate an Indian Hindu nationalist group as a "foreign terrorist organization. [read post]
23 Nov 2018, 11:41 am by Varun Nambiar
Human rights groups and Sikh leaders have welcomed the judgment, but it remains to be seen if the verdict will provide the necessary impetus in securing justice for victims in other cases that have dragged on since 1984. [read post]