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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 106984" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>[SIZE=+2]<span style="color: #0000ff">European Court Rules Against the Sikh Turban in French Schools</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span>[/SIZE]</p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>"Today is the day, 264 years ago, when a Sikh martyr, Bhai Taru Singh, was scalped alive, by the oppressive rulers of the day, because he refused to give up his faith that required him to wear his hair unshorn. Ironically, today, our lawyers learnt that the European Court of Human Rights has dismissed Jasvir Singh’s right to wear his religiously mandated turban to school, denying him a right to practice his faith,":Mejindarpal Kaur, UNITED SIKHS legal director.</em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em> "Sikhs are striving for a society in which all faiths coexist in harmony, where the expression of religion and culture is a celebration of diversity. By contrast, the Court’s decision allows states to suppress expressions of religious diversity, apparently as a means of promoting peace. It is a depressingly negative view of the state’s role in promoting religious tolerance. The UN Human Rights Committee, which is also considering this issue, has called on France to justify its ban on the wearing of religious signs.": Stephen Grosz, UNITED SIKHS London based lawyer. </em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em></em></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>STRASBOURG, France:</strong> The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed last month the first legal challenge, since France passed a law in 2004 banning religious signs in schools, filed by UNITED SIKHS on behalf of Jasvir Singh. The decision, against which there is no leave to appeal, and which was communicated to UNITED SIKHS lawyers today, has strengthened the resolve of the Sikh community globally to rise to the challenge and defy odds to regain their right. The Court, without requiring France to respond to Jasvir Singh's legal arguments, has following the decision it made last November in the Islamic headscarf physical education cases (which pre-dated the 2004 law), by ruling that the ban on turbans is a proportionate response to the aims of protection of the rights and freedoms of others and the protection of public order</span>.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Jasvir Singh wearing his discreet Keski</em></span> <span style="font-size: 10px">UNITED SIKHS filed, last December, another legal challenge before the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Bikramjit Singh, who was expelled from the school with Jasvir Singh when they refused to remove their turban in school. France has filed a response to Bikramjit’s claim and our lawyers are preparing a reply.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Jasvir Singh was 14 years old when he, along with two other Sikh students, was expelled from Michel High School in Bobigny for wearing a keski. The keski is a small, discreet piece of cloth, which acts as an under-turban, covering the unshorn hair that is considered sacred in the Sikh religion. It is frequently worn by young Sikhs as a prelude, or as an alternative, to wearing a larger turban.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px">In the appeal filed to the ECt HR, UNITED SIKHS lawyers had argued that the 2004 law interfered with Jasvir’s human rights in a way that was disproportionate to the aim of the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. The lawyers added, that there was no pressing social need which dictated that members of the very small Sikh minority in France should not be able to wear a discreet head-covering. Moreover, a Sikh’s uncut hair is a much more conspicuous sign of adherence to the Sikh religion than the keski which covers it. Accordingly, requiring a Sikh pupil to remove his keski, revealing his uncut hair tied in a tress knot, makes his religious affiliation more conspicuous rather than less.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px">The principal of the high school had asked the Jasvir to stop wearing the keski to school, but he declined to do so because it represents a fundamental aspect of his religion, beliefs, and identity. Jasvir was initially removed from the classroom and made to sit in a separate study area in order to pursue his education. He was placed in the school canteen, where he undertook self-study and was provided with educational materials by a teaching assistant if he requested them. No teacher taught him during the period of three weeks that he spent in the canteen. This separation continued for three weeks before he was excluded from school altogether.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px">Commenting on the decision, Mejindarpal Kaur, UNITED SIKHS Director for International Civil and Human Rights Advocacy stated, "Today is the day, 264 years ago, when a Sikh martyr, Bhai Taru Singh, was scalped alive by the oppressive rulers of the day because he refused to give up his faith that required him to wear his hair unshorn. Today our lawyers learnt that the European Court of Human Rights has dismissed Jasvir Singh’s right to wear his religiously mandated turban to school, denying him a right to practice his faith."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px">"Yet we have faith that we will win the battle to win the hearts and minds of the French government," she added. You may read an unofficial translation of the judgment <a href="http://www.unitedsikhs.org/rtt/doc/Translation_ECtHRJudgment_Jasvir_Singh_16_July_2009.doc" target="_blank">here.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://www.unitedsikhs.org/rtt/doc/Translation_ECtHRJudgment_Jasvir_Singh_16_July_2009.doc" target="_blank"></a></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px">Jasvir Singh’s London Lawyer, Stephen Grosz of Bindmans LLP stated, Sikhs are striving for a society in which all faiths coexist in harmony, where the expression of religion and culture is a celebration of diversity. By contrast, the Court’s decision allows states to suppress expressions of religious diversity, apparently as a means of promoting peace. It is a depressingly negative view of the state’s role in promoting religious tolerance."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px">Commenting on Bikramjit Singh’s case before the UN Human Rights Committee, he added, "The UN Human Rights Committee, which is also considering this issue, has called on France to justify its ban on the wearing of religious signs."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 106984, member: 1"] [SIZE=+2][COLOR=#0000ff]European Court Rules Against the Sikh Turban in French Schools [/COLOR][/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=2][I]"Today is the day, 264 years ago, when a Sikh martyr, Bhai Taru Singh, was scalped alive, by the oppressive rulers of the day, because he refused to give up his faith that required him to wear his hair unshorn. Ironically, today, our lawyers learnt that the European Court of Human Rights has dismissed Jasvir Singh’s right to wear his religiously mandated turban to school, denying him a right to practice his faith,":Mejindarpal Kaur, UNITED SIKHS legal director. [/I][/SIZE][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=2][I] "Sikhs are striving for a society in which all faiths coexist in harmony, where the expression of religion and culture is a celebration of diversity. By contrast, the Court’s decision allows states to suppress expressions of religious diversity, apparently as a means of promoting peace. It is a depressingly negative view of the state’s role in promoting religious tolerance. The UN Human Rights Committee, which is also considering this issue, has called on France to justify its ban on the wearing of religious signs.": Stephen Grosz, UNITED SIKHS London based lawyer. [/I][/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=2][B]STRASBOURG, France:[/B] The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) dismissed last month the first legal challenge, since France passed a law in 2004 banning religious signs in schools, filed by UNITED SIKHS on behalf of Jasvir Singh. The decision, against which there is no leave to appeal, and which was communicated to UNITED SIKHS lawyers today, has strengthened the resolve of the Sikh community globally to rise to the challenge and defy odds to regain their right. The Court, without requiring France to respond to Jasvir Singh's legal arguments, has following the decision it made last November in the Islamic headscarf physical education cases (which pre-dated the 2004 law), by ruling that the ban on turbans is a proportionate response to the aims of protection of the rights and freedoms of others and the protection of public order[/SIZE]. [SIZE=2][I]Jasvir Singh wearing his discreet Keski[/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=2]UNITED SIKHS filed, last December, another legal challenge before the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Bikramjit Singh, who was expelled from the school with Jasvir Singh when they refused to remove their turban in school. France has filed a response to Bikramjit’s claim and our lawyers are preparing a reply.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] Jasvir Singh was 14 years old when he, along with two other Sikh students, was expelled from Michel High School in Bobigny for wearing a keski. The keski is a small, discreet piece of cloth, which acts as an under-turban, covering the unshorn hair that is considered sacred in the Sikh religion. It is frequently worn by young Sikhs as a prelude, or as an alternative, to wearing a larger turban. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]In the appeal filed to the ECt HR, UNITED SIKHS lawyers had argued that the 2004 law interfered with Jasvir’s human rights in a way that was disproportionate to the aim of the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. The lawyers added, that there was no pressing social need which dictated that members of the very small Sikh minority in France should not be able to wear a discreet head-covering. Moreover, a Sikh’s uncut hair is a much more conspicuous sign of adherence to the Sikh religion than the keski which covers it. Accordingly, requiring a Sikh pupil to remove his keski, revealing his uncut hair tied in a tress knot, makes his religious affiliation more conspicuous rather than less. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]The principal of the high school had asked the Jasvir to stop wearing the keski to school, but he declined to do so because it represents a fundamental aspect of his religion, beliefs, and identity. Jasvir was initially removed from the classroom and made to sit in a separate study area in order to pursue his education. He was placed in the school canteen, where he undertook self-study and was provided with educational materials by a teaching assistant if he requested them. No teacher taught him during the period of three weeks that he spent in the canteen. This separation continued for three weeks before he was excluded from school altogether.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Commenting on the decision, Mejindarpal Kaur, UNITED SIKHS Director for International Civil and Human Rights Advocacy stated, "Today is the day, 264 years ago, when a Sikh martyr, Bhai Taru Singh, was scalped alive by the oppressive rulers of the day because he refused to give up his faith that required him to wear his hair unshorn. Today our lawyers learnt that the European Court of Human Rights has dismissed Jasvir Singh’s right to wear his religiously mandated turban to school, denying him a right to practice his faith." [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]"Yet we have faith that we will win the battle to win the hearts and minds of the French government," she added. You may read an unofficial translation of the judgment [URL="http://www.unitedsikhs.org/rtt/doc/Translation_ECtHRJudgment_Jasvir_Singh_16_July_2009.doc"]here. [/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Jasvir Singh’s London Lawyer, Stephen Grosz of Bindmans LLP stated, Sikhs are striving for a society in which all faiths coexist in harmony, where the expression of religion and culture is a celebration of diversity. By contrast, the Court’s decision allows states to suppress expressions of religious diversity, apparently as a means of promoting peace. It is a depressingly negative view of the state’s role in promoting religious tolerance." [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Commenting on Bikramjit Singh’s case before the UN Human Rights Committee, he added, "The UN Human Rights Committee, which is also considering this issue, has called on France to justify its ban on the wearing of religious signs."[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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