The New York Police Department is allowing Sikh officers to wear turbans instead of traditional caps, and grow their beards up to half an inch long for religious reasons, Police Commissioner James ...

In the wake of the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin pressure is building to persuade the NYPD to permit Sikh police officers—or officer, as the case may be—to wear their traditional beards and ...

The first Sikh sheriff’s deputy in Texas allowed to wear articles of faith while on duty was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Friday. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy ...

Sikhs used to serve in the Army while observing their religion's requirements for wearing turbans and not shaving their hair and beards. But in... Sikhs Regain Right To Wear Turbans In U.S. Army U.S.

What is more important: Religious belief or safety? The issue has been around for a while and has recently resurfaced in Canada. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has ruled against turban-wearing Sikhs ...

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) has altered its policies to allow Sikh students to wear a kirpan — a sheathed dagger that serves as a religious article — on campus. In an ...

The US Air Force granted a religious accommodation to a Sikh airman to allow him to wear a turban, beard and unshorn hair while serving, making him the first active duty airman to receive such an ...