A federal court has ruled that the Marine Corps cannot deny entry to Sikhs because of their unshorn beards and hair. The Marine Corps told three Sikh men that they could serve only if they shaved ...

Part of the Sikh faith requires Sikhs to defend the defenseless and for both men and women to never shave or cut their hair to honor what God has given them and for Sikh men to wrap their hair in ...

A New York state trooper who is Sikh was barred by his supervisors from growing facial hair for his wedding, despite a 2019 state law requiring employers to let most workers follow attire or ...

U.S. Marine recruits who identify as Sikhs can keep their beards and long hair when they train at boot camp, a federal court ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ruled on Friday ...

Singh and another Sikh Coalition client ... He was made to shave his beard and cut his hair on that deployment, and died without being able to wear important articles of faith.

A Sikh man who won a court order allowing him to enter the Marine Corps without being required to shave his beard or cut his hair recently graduated from boot camp. Wearing a white turban ...

Feb. 9, 2023 The American Civil Liberties Union and the Sikh Coalition wrote a joint letter ... Then in 2022, the agency changed its policy and banned facial hair as part of a new protection ...

In January 2017, the Army issued new regulations stating that Sikh Soldiers will not be forced to give up their religious turbans, hair, or beards throughout their military career. “It’s ...

Sikh Americans, who stand out in their vibrant turbans and unshorn beards and long hair, were wrongfully targeted for carrying out the terrorist attacks that killed about 3,000 people. More than 20 ...

and brown eyes and black hair. Anyone with additional information about the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline. The Sikh Coalition, a Sikh faith organization based in ...

When he was elected in 2017, Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla became the first mayor of the Sikh faith in New Jersey. It was a proud achievement for the Passaic-born Bhalla — and a far cry from his ...