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India can hardly help French Sikhs, says minority panel chief

Indo-Asian News Service

New Delhi, September 6

India can do little to come to the aid of Sikh students in France who have been subjected to a curb on wearing turbans at schools, regrets National Commission for Minorities chairman Tarlochan Singh.

His comments came in the wake of France implementing a new law from September 1 that bans display of religious symbols in public-funded schools, despite India's earlier appeal to exempt Sikh children from its purview.

"The Sikhs have vowed to organise protests, but I am afraid it will not have any impact," Tarlochan Singh told IANS.

"There are barely 10,000 Sikhs in France and only a few hundred Sikh children are attending schools," pointed out Singh to drive home his point.

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Sat Sri Akal:

What the HE** is wrong with this lunatic? These "mere" 10,000 Sikhs are the ONLY reason that France even has any issue with their religious symbol ban. The Muslims and the Jews have basically conceded, leaving the Sikhs to fight this law alone. And TO THIS DAY, the French government is still being backed into a corner by Sikhs, to the point where the suburb around Paris where there is the largest concentration of Sikhs has all but 3 schools which have allowed the turban. The protests and all the work the Sikh community worldwide has done has brought the French government to their knees and they are desparately trying to find a way to keep their law while getting rid of all this international negative attention. What have YOU done Tarlochan Singh, besides roll over and play dead?

Shame on you!!!

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