Kirpan: Reasonable Accommodation

Quebec City Dept: In the Sikh religion, it is forbidden to remove the kirpan, which is kept against the skin under clothing. The representatives of the World Sikh Organization were scheduled to address the legislative committee looking at Bill 94, the proposed law on the reasonable accommodation of the religious and cultural practices of minorities in the Quebec civil service and society in general, according to CBC. After receiving conflicting responses, the men said they decided to come anyway and a group of four Sikhs scheduled to make a presentation at Quebec's national assembly Tuesday morning were denied entry to the legislature because they refused to remove their kirpans. The four men, who travelled to Quebec City from Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, said they called national assembly security Monday to ask if their religious ceremonial daggers would present a problem. As reported in the news.
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