California Sikh Man, Gursant Singh, Barred From Jury Duty For Carrying Religious Dagger, Kirpan

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Yasmine Hafiz

California Sikhs demonstrated outside the Sutter County Superior Courthouse in Yuba City, California, on Tuesday to protest the exclusion of Gursant Singh from a jury, due to his ceremonial kirpan dagger, which he carries out of a religious obligation, reports CBS 13.

State law prohibits weapons of any kind in the courthouse, and Singh was told that he must not come to jury duty next week with his kirpan, which is a short ceremonial knife carried as one of five articles of faith that observant Sikhs must have at all times.

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