Sikhs to defy French headscarf ban; [Chirac mulls surrender]

TIMES NEWS NETWORK ^ | SEPTEMBER 03, 2004 | RASHMEE Z AHMED

[tkathy]

Who said anything about killing??? The sikhs can continue to be fine people after they take off their headscarves.

[flaglady47]

You really are a very ignorant person. Don't speak about that which you don't know. You sound just like a democrat.

[counterproductive]

The problem is, that they are not allowed to cut their hair. The turban holds it together. So actually if they are not allowed to carry their turbans they would be not allowed to practice their religion. And in contrast to that fascist terror ideology some people refer to als "Islam", the turban in Sikhism is a central part of the religion.

[The_Reader_David]

Hmmm, I can imagine that the Almighty cares what one wears: under the Old Covenant men were to cover their heads when praying, and there is a prohibition in the Torah against wearing wool/linen blend clothing (look it up if you don't believe me). Under the New Covenant, the Holy Apostle Paul enjoined woman to cover their heads while praying (hence the Orthodox Christian head-scarf which Mohammed copied as a standard of feminine modesty and his followers turned into bizarre imprisoning attire like the burqa.) There are likewise plain scriptural taboos about nakedness (witness the story of Noah and his sons).

The vestments of the High Priests and Levites are specified in great detail in the Torah, while Orthodox Christian clergy, by Holy Tradition, have particular forms of dress (even the lowly subdeacons like myself are expected to wear a cassock when in church and have particular vestments when serving in the altar.)