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

funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Where do kids learn about Sikhism in school? Definitely not here in the states.

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- aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  in RE class (religious education)
  
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- christophski@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  We are definitely made aware of it in school, though not in-depth
  
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  - FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Not at my school we weren’t.
    
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    christophski@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    This would have been around 2008 for me, secondary school
    
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FastAndBulbous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
We didn’t learn about Sikhism in school (actually UK here)

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- funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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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