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**APPROACHING 750 SIGNATURES**

GURDWARA TARGET OF 120 WILL PROBABLY BE ACHIEVED

HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF POLITICIANS SIGNING IS A BIT DISAPPOINTING

ANALYSIS WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW

OVER 800 SIGNATURES NOW

TARGET OF 120 GURDWARAS ACHIEVED EARLIER TODAY

A TARGET OF 150 GURDWARAS MIGHT NOW BE ACHIEVED

811 that have signed so far . . .

Today is the last day to sign . . .

Update on Gurdwaras and Sikh organisations is below:

Gurdwaras

1. National Council of Gurdwaras

2. Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Derby

3. Gurdwara Dasmesh Darbar East Ham

4. Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Newcastle

5. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Gravesend

6. Guru Nanak Parkash Coventry

7. Council of Sikh Gurdwaras, Coventry

9. Nanaksar Gurdwara, Pleck

10. Guru Teg Bahadur Gurdwara Leicester

11. Baba Deep Singh Shaheed Gurdwara

12. Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara Derby

13. Council of Sikh Gurdwaras, Wolverhampton

14. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Southall

15. Gurdwara Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib, Manchester

16. Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, Huddersfield

17. East London Singh Sabha, Ilford

18. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Scunthorpe

19. Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash (Coventry)

20. Central Gurdwara (Khalsa Jatha) London (Est 1908)

21. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Leicester

22. Gurdwara Guru Hargobind, Coventry

23. Nanaksar Thath Isher Darbar

24. Gurdwara Nishkam Sewak Jatha UK

25. Nanak Darbar North London, New Southgate

26. Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, Wolverhampton

27. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick

28. Gurdwara Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji Tividale

29. Gurdwara Baba Zorawar Singh Ji Baba Fateh Singh Ji, Milton Keynes

30. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, West Bromwich

31. South London Sikh Gurdwara

32. Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Huddersfield

33. Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Bristol

34. Guru Nanak Durbar, Erith

35. Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Barking

36. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Wednesfield

37. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Bedford

38. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Slough

39. Sri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara Manchester

40. Shri Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Swindon

41. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Sparkhill

42. Singh Sabha Sikh Temple, Bristol

43. Guru Nanak Singh Sabha, Dudley

44. Singh Sabha Gurdwara Cross Road Coventry

45. Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Bradford

46. Sikh Gurdwara, Cardiff

47. Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Hounslow

48. Gurdwara Baba Sang Ji Smethwick

49. Gurdwara Baba Budha Ji, Nottingham

50. Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara Dudley

51. The Sikh Temple, Leeds

52. Guru Har Rai Gurdwara West Bromwich

53. Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Bradford

54. Telford Gurdwara Saahib

55. Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurdwara, Manchester

56. Central Gurdwara Manchester

57. Bristol Sikh Temple Fishponds Gurdwara, Bristol

58. Leamington and Warwick Gurdwara, Mohinder Singh Sidhu - General Secretary

59. Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Glasgow

60. Ramgharia Gurdwara, Woolwich

61. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Southall

62. Gurdwara Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha UK, Hounslow

63. Ramgharia Sikh Temple, Handsworth

64. Sikh Temple, High Wycombe

65. Gurdwara Shri Guru HarKrishan Sahib Ji, Oadby, Leicester

66. Ramgharia Sikh Gurdwara, Slough

67. Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Crawley

68. Ramgarhia Sikh Centre, Leeds

69. Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Hounslow

70. Ramgarhia Sikh Gurdwara, Forest Gate

71. Bebe Nanaki Gurdwara, Handsworth

72. Bristol Council of Gurdwaras

73. Gurdwara Nanaksar, Southampton

74. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Reading

75. Council of Sikh Gurdwaras Birmingham

76. Darlington Sikh Temple

77. Sri Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Gillingham

78. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Willenhall

79. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Glasgow

80. Gurdwara Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khas, South Shields

81. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Luton

82. Singh Sabha, Maidenhead

83. Gurdwara Sikh Sangat, Leyton

84. Guru Hargobind Sahib Gurdwara, Dartford

85. Sikh Temple, Croydon

86. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Park Avenue, Southall

87. Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Hitchin

88. Ramgarhia Sikh Temple, Bedford

89. Sri Dashmesh Sikh Temple, Lozells

90. Ramgharia Sabha Sikh Temple, Derby

91. Guru Kalgidhar Gurdwara Sikh Temple, Doncaster

92. Guru Arjan Niwas Sikh Temple, Exeter

93. Ramgharia Gurdwara, Foleshill

94. Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Handsworth Wood

95. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Stockton on Tees

96. Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha, Maidenhead

97. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Balsall Heath

98. Ramgarhia Gurdwara, Bradford

99. Sikh Temple, Blackburn

100. Ramgahria Sabha, Reading

101. Sikh Gurdwara, Peterborough

102. Guru Govind Singh Sikh Temple, Bradford

103. Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sikh Temple, Warrington

104. Ramgharia Gurdwara, Sparkhill

105. Ramgharia Sikh Temple, Easton

106. Ramgharia Temple, Bradford

107. Sikh Temple, Nithsdale Road, Glasgow

108. Sikh Temple, Birmingham

109. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Coventry, Manjit Kaur Nahal

110. Singh Sabha Gurdwara, London

111.Siri Guru Singh Sabha, London SW17

112. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Basingstoke

113. Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Southampton

114. Ramgarhia Gurdwara, Leicester

115. Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Oxford

116. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Liverpool

117. Edgware Gurdwara

118. Sikh Temple, Loughborough

119. Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Cranford

120. Kent Ramgarhia Darbar, Gillingham

121. Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Hounslow

122. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurdwara, Manchester

123. Nanaksar Sar Thath Ishar Darbar, Letchworth

124. Guru Amardas Gurdwara, Leicester

125. Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Stoke on Trent

126. Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Northampton

127. Ramgarhia Sabha Southall

128. Guru Nanak Temple, Preston

129. Guru Nanak Darbar, Nottingham

130. Sikh Temple, Grays

131. Gurdwara Tegh Bahadur Sahib, Southampton

132. Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Kettering

133. Sikh Temple, Basingstoke

134. Ramgarhia Sikh Temple, Stoke on Trent

135. Sikh Ramgarhia Gurdwara, Northampton

136. Dashmesh Sikh Temple, Manchester

137. Sikh Temple Northampton

138. Guru Nanak Sar Gurdwara, Portsmouth

139. South Shields Sikh Temple

140. Guru Nanak Dev i Gurdwara, Nottingham

141. Sikh Temple, Middlesborough

Sikh organisations

1. Sikh Federation (UK)

2. Sikh Secretariat

3. Khalsa Human Rights

4. National Sikh Resource Centre

5. Young Sikhs (UK)

6. Akali Dal, Derby

7. Khalsa Satsang, Southampton

8. Derby Sikh Society

9. Sikh Women’s Federation, Derby

10. Sikh Educational Advisory Services, Leeds

11. AKAAL Productions, Leeds

12. Young Sikhs Leeds

13. Nottingham University Sikh Society

14. Sikh Federation Derby

15. GADG Khalsa

16. Sikh Federation - Lincoln

17. Awaze Qaum International

18. Satnam Network

19. Derby Young Sikhs

20. Lincoln Sikh Association

21. Akal Group

22. Sikh Recreation Learning Centre, Walsall

23. Sikh Federation Southampton

24. Sikh Federation Leamington

25. Sikh Federation Slough

26. Young Sikhs (Wolverhampton)

27. Sikh Women Federation Southampton

28. Sikh Federation (Halifax)

29. Sikh Federation (UK) Birmingham Branch

30. Young Sikhs Southampton

31. Akaal S.E.V.A ( Bedford )

33. Young Sikhs Bristol

34. Hertfordshire SIkh Society

35. Sikh Federation (Wolverhampton)

36. Milton Keynes Sikh Forum

37. Young Sikhs Gravesend

39. Sikh Arts and Cultural Association

40. Hayes Young Sikhs

41. Sikh Federation Southall

42. UNITED SIKHS

43. Young Sikhs Southall

44. Hayes Sikh Federation

45. The Kalgidhar Trust – Baru Sahib

46. Sikh Naujawan Academy

47. Young Sikhs Ilford

48. Sikh Federation Grays

49. Young Sikhs Dagenham

50. Young Sikhs Grays

51. Sikh Federation Ilford

52. GNG Forum

53. Gravesend Sikh Youth

54. Sikhs In England

55. Sikh Federation UK (Coventry)

56. Guru Nanak Gurdwara Forum (Gravesend)

57. Association of Derby Sikh Organisations

58. Shromani Akali Dal Derby

59. Sikh Nari Manch, UK

60. Sikh Missionary Society UK Southall

61. Shaheedi Faujan Gatka Akhara

62. Young Sikhs UK (Coventry)

63. Sikh Missionary Society, UK

64. Sikh Federation (Nottingham)

65. Sikh Women’s Alliance UK

66. Sikhs in Japan

67. Auckland Sikh Society

68. British Organisation of Sikh Students (BOSS)

69. Sikh Womens Federation Milton Keynes

70. Young Sikhs Milton Keynes

71. Sikh Federation Milton Keynes

72. AK Santhalee Jatha

73. Young Sikhs Slough

74. Sikh Community & Youth Service (UK)

75. Sikh Federation (Bedford)

76. Young Sikhs Birmingham

77. The Kalgidhar Society

78. Sikh Youth Organisation, Stafford

79. Sikh Federation Stafford

80. Leicester Sikh Youth Forum

81. DMU Sikh Society

82. Sikh Federation - Leicester Branch

83. Windsor Sikh Federation

84. International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO)

85. Swedish Organisation of SIkh Students

86. Sikh Federation Slough Branch

87. Sikh SEWA International

88. Sikh Community & Youth Service, Nottingham

89. Sikh Khalsa Mission

90. Sikh Care Society Heathrow

91. Sikh Federation Bradford

92. Nottingham Young Sikhs

93. Sikh Federation (Handsworth)

94. Sikh Women's Federation (Birmingham)

95. Sikh Education Society Warwickshire

96. Gurmat Parchar Committee,Nottingham

97. Leamington Istari Satsang

98. Sikh Youth Forum (Gurdwara Baba Sang Smethwick)

99. The Sikh Welfare Trust - Leeds

100. Metropolitan Police Sikh Association

101. Nottingham Sikh Lions FC

102. Sikh Federation (Brownhills)

103. Sikh Women's Federation (Handsworth)

104. Young Sikhs (UK) Smethwick Branch

105. Sikh Federation (Leeds)

106. Young Sikhs (Handsworth)

107. Young Sikhs Leicester

108. Leicester Sikh Society

109. Leicester Gatka Akhara

110. Young Sikhs Stafford

111. Young Sikhs Leamington

112. Council of Khalistan, Ranjit Singh

113. Hillingdon Sikh Welfare Association

114. Akhand Kirtani Jatha UK

115. Sikh Federation (Bristol)

116. Shiromani Akali Dal, Leamington and Warwick Branch

117. Loughborough Sikh Society

118. Guru Nanak School, Hayes

119. Young Sikhs (UK) West Bromwich Branch

120. Oadby Sikh Women’s Federation

121. Mata Sahib Kaur Trust

122. Gurmat Sangeet Network

123. Khalsa Youth Club, Leicester

124. Federation of Bradford Sikh Organisations

125. Walsall Sikh Forum

126. Baba Ajit Singh Gatka Akhara ( Bedford )

127. Young Sikhs Keighley

128. Sikh Heritage Society, Leicester

129. Khalistan Support Group

130. Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (London) UK

131. Queen Mary Sikh Society

132. Young Sikhs (UK) Tividale Branch

133. Sikh Gatka Akhara ( Birmingham )

134. Akali Dal - Yorkshire

135. Sikh Missionary Project, Leicester

136. Federation of Sikh Organisations (Leicester)

137. Imperial College Sikh Society

138. Sikhwithin

139. KCL Sikh Society

140. Young Sikhs (Halifax)

141. Sikh Study Forum

142. Young Sikhs (UK) Dudley Branch

143. Sikh Union

144. Sikh Womens Group (Hounslow)

145. Sikh Women's Federation Slough

146. Sikh Community Action Network (SCAN)

147. Kingston Sikh Society

148. Wolverhampton Sikh Society

149. Young Sikhs Willenhall

150. Principal Sikh Heritage College

151. www.panthicnews.com

152. Sikhs in California

153. United Sikh Association, Bradford

154. Young Sikhs Scunthorpe

155. Sikh Federation Scunthorpe

156. Khalsa Action Committee

157. Shiromani Akali Dal.(Panch Pardhani)

158. Sikh Association, High Wycombe

159. Northampton Sikh Society

160. Nottingham Trent Sikh Society

161. Sikh Resource Centre, Bristol

162. Kings Sikh Society

163. London Met. Sikh Society

164. Goldsmiths Sikh Society

165. The College of Law Sikh Society, London

166. City University Sikh Society

167. LSE Sikh Society

168. Brighton and Sussex Sikh Society

169. Imperial Sikh Society

170. Cambridge Sikh Society

171. University of Glasgow Sikh Society

172. Coventry Sikh Society

173. Brunel Sikh Society

174. Essex Sikh Society

175. Royal Holloway Sikh Society

176. Sikh Circle

177. Sikh Welfare Society, Mukerian, Punjab,INDIA.

178. Sikh Foundation

179. Sikh Khalsa Mission Incorporated, Australia

180. Khalsa Primary School Slough

181. Thames Valley Sikh Society

182. Sheffield Sikh Society

183. Newcastle Sikh Society

184. University of Strathclyde Sikh Society

185. Sikh Federation South West

186. Leeds Sikh Society

187. Manchester Met. Sikh Society

188. University of the West of England (Bristol) Sikh Society

189. Aston Sikh Society

190. Huddersfield Sikh Society

191. Warwick Sikh Society

192. Greenwich Sikh Society

193. UEL Sikh Society

194. Sikh Association, Manchester

195. Middlesex Sikh Society

196. Oxford Sikh Society

197. Sikh Cultural Association, Longton

198. Liverpool Sikh Society

199. B.C. Khalsa Darbar Society

200. QMW Sikh Society

201. Bradford Sikh Society

202. Manchester Sikh Society

203. Westminster Sikh Society

204. Sunderland Sikh Society

205. Birmingham Sikh Society

206. Glasgow Caledonian Sikh Society

207. UCE Sikh Society

208. Sikh Womens’ Association, Selton

209. Sikh Federation Hounslow

210. Northumbria Sikh Society

211. Young Sikhs Lincoln

212. Sikh Federation Redditch

213. UCL Sikh Society

214. Leeds Met Sikh Society

215. Luton Sikh Society

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'Bangle' campaign goes to No 10

The family of a Sikh girl excluded from school for wearing a religious bangle have asked the prime minister to intervene in the matter.

Sarika Singh, 14, and her family delivered a petition to No 10 Downing Street signed by Sikh organisations.

The teenager has been excluded from Aberdare Girls' School since November 2007 for wearing a Kara bangle.

A High Court case in London next week, challenging the school's decision, is expected to take three days.

The petition was signed by 150 Gurdwaras, Sikh meeting places, and other Sikh organisations as well as more than 70 non-Sikh bodies, including civil liberty and anti-racist groups and trade unions.

Speaking in London, Sarika's mother, Sinita Singh, said her daughter's education had been badly affected by the exclusion.

She said: "She had top grades and was doing really well. It has affected her in some good ways but also in a hell of a lot of bad ways.

Let's hope we've raised a lot of awareness and let's hope it never, ever happens again

Sarika's mother, Sinita Singh

"She has lost a lot of education and if she had been in Aberdare Girls' School she wouldn't have gone downhill and she would have kept her grades."

Sarika enrolled at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School in the Cynon Valley earlier this year, which is allowing her to wear the bracelet, and she will stay there until the legal process is complete.

Her mother added: "She has gone to a new school and although it is a good school she has gone two years behind.

"There is a lot of stress, worry and panic attacks. It is the build-up of everything.

"This is one of the most important years of her school life with her GCSEs approaching. Let's hope we've raised a lot of awareness and let's hope it never, ever happens again."

Sarika, the only Sikh pupil at Aberdare Girls' School, was excluded in November, after being taught in isolation for two months.

The school bans girls from wearing jewellery other than wristwatches and plain ear studs.

The governors rejected her request to wear the bangle after a "significant period of research" examining the uniform policy and human rights legislation in detail.

Human rights group Liberty claims the school is violating the Race Relations Act 1976, the Equality Act 2006 and the Human Rights Act 1998.

In January, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council told the school's governors it would no longer give them any more support or financial assistance and confirmed this was continuing for the court case.

Guidelines

In the same month, the Welsh Assembly Government published new guidelines for school governors, saying they should take account of religious views and consider whether uniform policy interfered with the right to manifest a religion or belief.

Amritpal Singh of the Sikh Federation said: "The Sikh community are together on this issue."

"We are showing that the Sikh community are looking at this and that nobody should have to suffer discrimination that Sarika has suffered."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7451534.stm

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'Bangle' supporters petition PM

The family of a Sikh girl excluded from school for wearing a religious bangle will hand in a petition to Downing Street.

Sarika Singh, 14, and her family are calling on the Prime Minister to intervene over the row.

The teenager has been excluded from Aberdare Girls' School since November 2007 for wearing a Kara bangle.

Supporters of the family will also go to the High Court in London on Tuesday to argue against the school's decision.

The petition is to highlight the strength of feeling in the Sikh community who are fully behind the family

Jagtar Singh, Sikh Federation (UK)

The petition has been organised by the Sikh Federation (UK) and National Sikh Resource Centre.

The petition has the support of 150 Gurdwaras – the main Sikh institutions - and over 250 Sikh organisations throughout the UK.

The campaigners also say the petition is being supported by around 70 non-Sikh organisations, including civil liberty and anti-racist groups, as well as trade unions.

The petition, addressed to Gordon Brown, lists a number of organisations and then states that the following "call upon you to intervene in the case of Sarika Singh to show discrimination is totally unacceptable."

Jagtar Singh, spokesman for the Sikh Federation (UK), said: "The primary purpose of the petition with the High Court case next week is to bring it to the attention of the general public.

"...this is to highlight the strength of feeling in the Sikh community who are fully behind the family. It has much wider implications for Sikhs in other parts of the UK.

"It's about discrimination and Sikhs are protected under law. The school has made it into an issue about the Kara."

They also draw attention to the High Court hearing, where they say, Aberdare Girls School has "breached race relations and human rights laws and is ignoring the 1983 Mandla v Lee case from the House of Lords that forms the basis on which Sikhs are protected against discrimination."

In January, Rhondda Cynon Taf council told the school's governors it would no longer give them any more support or financial assistance and confirmed this was continuing for the court case.

A spokesman for the council said at the time: "The current court case essentially involves the school and the family.

"The council is not providing any support or financial assistance with regard to this matter for as long as the current situation prevails.

"Matters of funding are therefore the responsibility of those involved in the legal proceedings and any queries should therefore be directly addressed to them."

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14-year-old goes to High Court after being excluded from school for wearing religious bracelet

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 2:55 PM on 13th June 2008

The mother of a teenage girl excluded from school for wearing a religious symbol said her education had suffered immensely as a result.

Sinita Singh's 14-year-old daughter, Sarika, has not attended Aberdare Girls' School in south Wales since being told last year she could not wear a bracelet known as a Kara.

Her case will be heard at the High Court in London next week and is due to last three days.

Sarika enrolled at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School earlier this year, which is allowing her to wear the bracelet, and will stay there until the legal process is complete.

Enlarge Sarika Singh

Sarika Singh wearing a kara, religious bangle, on her right wrist, leaving Aberdare Girls' School, in south Wales, with her mother Sanita Singh

The family travelled to 10 Downing Street today to hand in a petition which calls upon Prime Minister Gordon Brown to intervene in the matter "to show discrimination is totally unacceptable".

The petition has gained the backing of 150 Gurdwaras - the main Sikh religious institutions - and over 200 Sikh organisations and 70 non-Sikh organisations.

Speaking from London, Mrs Singh said: "It (exclusion) has affected her in some good ways but also in a hell of a lot of bad ways.

"She has lost a lot of education and if she had been in Aberdare Girls' School she wouldn't have gone downhill and she would have kept her grades.

"She has gone to a new school and although it is a good school she has gone two years behind. There is a lot of stress, worry and panic attacks. It is the build-up of everything."

She added: "We hope the outcome next week will be in our favour so we can just get back to normal.

"She had top grades and was doing really well (before exclusion). This is one of the most important years of her school life with her GCSEs approaching.

"Let's hope we've raised awareness and let's hope it never, ever happens again."

Human rights group Liberty, which is supporting Sarika's High Court battle, claims the school has breached race relations and human rights laws by not allowing Sarika to wear the Kara.

Sarika, the only Sikh at her school, was excluded from Aberdare Girls' School in November, after being taught in isolation for two months.

The school bans girls from wearing jewellery other than wristwatches and plain ear studs.

Amritpal Singh of the Sikh Federation said: "We have very strong backing for this petition.

"We are showing that the Sikh community are looking at this and that nobody should have to suffer discrimination that Sarika has suffered.

"The Sikh community are together on this issue."

Find this story at www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1026239/14-year-old-goes-High-Court-excluded-school-wearing-religious-bracelet.html

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Kara row: Brown asked to intervene

Th Asian Age

BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT

London

June 13: A Sikh teenager in Wales, who was excluded from her school in south-east Wales for refusing to take off her kara, a religious bangle, has asked Prime Minister Gordon Brown to intervene n the case. She, along with her family, is due to hand over a petition over the issue addressed to the Prime Minister at Downing Street on Friday.

Fourteen-year-old Sarika Watkins-Singh, of Cwmbach, near Aberdare, in south-east Wales, was excluded by Aberdare Girls’ School in November 2007 over the issue as the school has a strict uniform policy and does not allow students to wear any kind of religious symbols.

The 14-year-old girl has been attending Mountain Ash Comprehensive School on a temporary basis after being excluded by her school. The petition, organised by the Sikh Federation UK and National Sikh Resource Centre, has support of over 250 organisations, like civil liberty, anti-racist groups and trade unions, and 150 gurdwaras too. Sikh Federation UK secretary told BBC that the kara was an "article of faith" and Sikhs had no choice but to wear it.

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