Comment on Sikh 'barred from Birmingham jury service' for religious sword

HerbalGamer@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean Sikhs have a special dispensation in law explicitly to carry the kirpan to court. It does suck for someone to have a specific law saying “you can definitely do this in this place” and have a rent-a-cop claim his personal decision is more important than the law of the country and a lifetime of religion and culture.

  Especially as most kids learn about the 5 K of Sikhism in school.

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  • Halosheep@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Where do kids learn about Sikhism in school? Definitely not here in the states.

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    • aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would assume they are talking about UK schools, because that is where the event in the article occurred.

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      in RE class (religious education)

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    • christophski@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We are definitely made aware of it in school, though not in-depth

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      • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not at my school we weren’t.

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  • FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We didn’t learn about Sikhism in school (actually UK here)

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve been out of education (both as a student and educator) for nearly a decade now, but a quick Google tells me that NATRE, AREIAC, AULRE, SACRE and the REC all recommend education on Christianity, Baha’iism, Hinduism, Jainism, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, and Humanism but YMMV by teacher, school, LEA, your personal attendance etc.

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• LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s actually an important part of their religious and cultural practices, and according to the article it appears that this man did follow the restrictions placed on these ceremonial blades by the court, so he should not have been denied entry.

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  • HerbalGamer@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s actually an important part of their religious and cultural practices

    that should -imho- never be relevant. Religions shouldn’t have any more legal meaning than a book club. but here we are.

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    • LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I tend to agree, but the place to start isn’t by targeting minority religions.

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      • Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But that minority religion is the only one presenting the problem...

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      • HerbalGamer@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        just wait until we invent actual lightsabers and the jedi start showing up

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• Veraxus@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So you don't know what the kirpan is for or what it symbolizes.

  Way to advertise your ignorance like some maga chud screaming "woke".

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “What task has it been trained to help you with?”

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