Indian Minister Asks Obama To End Turban Frisking!!

[Analog]

Indian Minister Asks Obama To End Turban Frisking

KATY DAIGLE, Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) ― An Indian lawmaker from Punjab said Tuesday 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 in a world with machines for body scanning and metal detection.

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.

But they may still have their turbans patted down — something Sikhs say is happening increasingly amid global terror alerts. And in some cases women are asked to unpin their hair. Religious groups say it is a form of racial profiling.

The U.S. president said he would have a "close look" at the issue, parliamentarian Harsimrat Kaur Badal said Tuesday after the two spoke during an honorary dinner Sunday in New Delhi when Obama was visiting India.

"I'm very hopeful for a change. It sends a really negative message to Sikhs from the moment they step foot on American soil," she said.

"It is a humiliating experience. For us it's like telling us to remove our clothes," she said.

The turban — along with a comb, a sword, a specific undergarment and a metallic wrist bangle — are part of the required dress for Sikh men, according to the religion, which is a mix of Hindu and Islam founded in the 15th Century in Punjab. Sikh women are forbidden to cut their hair.

http://cbs13.com/wireapnational/Indian.minister.asks.2.2002135.html

 

[AMDZen]

LOL, what a bunch of idiots.

Fuck 'em. If they don't like it, don't come here.

 

[ussfletcher]

The turban — along with a comb, a sword, a specific undergarment and a metallic wrist bangle — are part of the required dress for Sikh men

So does that mean that we are letting them on the planes with a sword? If so, then I think their turbans are the least of our worries.

 

[CPA]

While we're at it, can we stop with the silly practice of removing our shoes?

 

[JulesMaximus]

What do they do in Isreal at security checkpoints?

 

[techs]

What do they do in Isreal at security checkpoints?

Check for circumcisions.

 

[Analog]

Check for circumcisions.

lol:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[punjabiplaya]

I think they're just asking for some cultural sensitivity and education as AMDZen and USSFletcher seem to lack.

 

[busydude]

I think they're just asking for some cultural sensitivity and education as AMDZen and USSFletcher seem to lack.

:thumbsup:

 

[rudeguy]

Check for circumcisions.

well this thread ended quick

 

[zinfamous]

So does that mean that we are letting them on the planes with a sword? If so, then I think their turbans are the least of our worries.

they stash the sword in the turban. that is the problem here.

 

[zinfamous]

While we're at it, can we stop with the silly practice of removing our shoes?

don't like it? Don't come to our country!

/amdzen

 

[moshquerade]

tfb

 

[skace]

So they are ok not carrying around their sword, which is part of their religious 'atire' but they aren't ok removing the turban for a second? Seems like a double standard within their own religion. I'm sorry but religion is nothing, if you create a religion tomorrow that says you should be able to carry a gun around and always wear a ski mask that doesn't make it OK with the rest of society.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

LOL, what a bunch of idiots.

Fuck 'em. If they don't like it, don't come here.

and this is why your not a diplomat

 

[punjabiplaya]

So they are ok not carrying around their sword, which is part of their religious 'atire' but they aren't ok removing the turban for a second? Seems like a double standard within their own religion. I'm sorry but religion is nothing, if you create a religion tomorrow that says you should be able to carry a gun around and always wear a ski mask that doesn't make it OK with the rest of society.

If I travel with my kirpan, I check it in my bags. And they were asking to not be patted down. Many are ok removing their turbans and even the ones that aren't, usually are as long as it is in a private room.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

If I travel with my kirpan, I check it in my bags. And they were asking to not be patted down. Many are ok removing their turbans and even the ones that aren't, usually are as long as it is in a private room.

how dare you ask for the basic service of being checked out in a private room!!

 

[911paramedic]

Profiling? I'm sorry but that's just funny.

They are the only people wearing them, so of course they are going to be the only ones checked. If we were searching yarmulkes, I'm pretty sure we would only be searching Jewish people.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Hope Obama asks Indians to stop wearing turbans to America. They need to respect our culture.

 

[AreaCode707]

Hope Obama asks Indians to stop wearing turbans to America. They need to respect our culture.

 

[Zargon]

rofl...

 

[AMCRambler]

Fuck that. If I have to take off my shoes and have my junk grabbed, they can take off their fucking turban for 2 minutes. It's not like we're forcing them not to wear it. It gets cleared and the towel goes back on the head. Cripes.

 

[ussfletcher]

I think they're just asking for some cultural sensitivity and education as AMDZen and USSFletcher seem to lack.

The article claims they must carry a sword, I fail to see how I lack anything here. As far as I'm aware you can't bring a sword on to a plane.

 

[punjabiplaya]

The article claims they must carry a sword, I fail to see how I lack anything here. As far as I'm aware you can't bring a sword on to a plane.

grats on illiteracy

Men have long accepted they cannot carry a sword aboard planes, Badal said, and so have modified the religious requirement by carrying pendants or blades embedded in their comb "as a symbolic symbol."

 

[AMDZen]

and this is why your not a diplomat

Right......

And I'm sure they'll get a different answer from diplomats. Phrased differently, of course - but it will amount to the same thing.

Why would the US do this? If anything, they will be ramping up security and make the Turban completely banned. If someone is wearing it, they have to take it off. Period. No exceptions.