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Aus school apologises for refusing admission to Sikh boy
Posted September 3rd, 2008 by administrator
A private school in the Australian city of Brisbane, which refused admission to a Sikh boy because he wore turban, has tendered a public apology and is reviewing its strict uniform norms as part of an out-of-court settlement with his family.
Turban diktat kicks up row in Punjab's Sikh school
Posted May 12th, 2008 by administrator
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hindu parents at a school in Punjab are protesting after the school's Sikh authorities asked all students to wear traditional Sikh headgear to school.School authorities in the Sikh-dominated state says they were merely enforcing a stipulation in its prospectus that students of all faiths have to wear the traditional Sikh headgear called the "
Sikh girl allowed to switch school
Posted March 11th, 2008 by administratorA Sikh student of Indian origin, who had been excluded from attending her school in Wales since November 2007 for refusing to take off her iron bangle 'kada', has been allowed to attend another school pending a court ruling.
Sarika Singh, 14, hit the headlines when the Aberdare Girls Comprehensive School, Wales refused to allow her to wear the 'kada' during school time saying it violated its dress code.
Singh's case, supported by the prominent human right organisation Liberty, is currently awaiting hearing in the High Court in London.
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