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"French turban ban gets Sikh group into action"

(Exerpted from "Times of India," January 06, 2004)

United Sikhs, a Sikh organisation has launched a
global signature campaign for people of all faiths to
appeal French President Jacques Chirac to reconsider
his call for legislation to ban wearing articles of
faith, religion and ethnic identity in public schools
and regulate their wearing at workplace.

The law would ban Sikhs from wearing their turbans
besides banning Islamic head coverings, Jewish
skullcaps and oversized Christian crosses in public
schools and workplaces in France .

The signed petitions would be delivered to Sikhs in
France who would further deliver the signatures to the
French president and French parliament.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has
also taken up the issue with National Commission of
Minorities to urge French government for exempting
Sikhs from wearing turbans said honorary secretary of
SGPC Manjit Singh Calcutta while talking to TNN on
Sunday.

Detailing the contribution of Sikhs in France, an e-
mail sent to TNN by United Sikhs on Saturday said
Sikhs have contributed valiantly to the French
aspirations of liberty, equality and fraternity during
the first and second World Wars.


Sign the petition at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/sikh5555/petition.html