Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Passengers do not have to remove turbans, if uncomfortable


Washington DC - An Indian lawmaker from Punjab said she had asked President Barack Obama to put a stop to the U.S. border practice of frisking Sikh turbans. Sikhs worldwide have long protested the American security measure as discriminatory and unnecessary. New U.S. guidelines put into effect two weeks ago no longer require air passengers to remove turbans if doing so makes them uncomfortable, the U.S. Transport Security Administration said.....More

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