The Burkha Controversy - Now Sikhism

It wasn't heat of the moment. It was a premeditated attack by a group of people disgruntled at the fact an excommunicated preacher was scheduled to lead prayers. I'm sure the nutters willing to stab him over that would have used a knife from their kitchen/toolbox etc if they didn't have Kirpans.
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People here don't realise, the point is even if you don't think it's likely that it could be used as a weapon, the fact still remains that the burka is no where near as dangerous as the kirpan, yet its seen as if anyone with a burka is an extremist and terrorist!

I cant believe so many have voted No.

You want to ban them, but not the knives chavs go around stabbing people with, am I right?

1) That's one badass looking blade
2) I haven't seen a single Sikh person carry it
3) Even if they did, I hardly think they'll randomly stab me.

Only Baptised very religious Sikhs can wear them. Not every Sikh. In our holy book it states to use it only when diplomacy cannot help. i.e self defense. Sikhs have been able to wear Kirpans for decades in this country. Why do you think there are hardly any news reports on attacks or the actual kirpan ? Because Sikhs understand the responsibility and not to use it like a chav.

Recently there has been a controversy over women wearing Burkhas and many have proposed to ban it. A proposal I fully support. Yet nothing is ever said about a much more dangerous religious item.

The Kirpaan is a giant daggar which poses a far greater security threat than the flippin Burkha. According to a mandatory religious commandment given by Guru Gobind Singh (the tenth Guru of Sikhism) at the Baisakhi Amrit Sanchar (a holy religious ceremony that formally baptizes a Sikh) in CE 1699, all baptised Sikhs (Khalsa) must wear a kirpan at all times. The kirpan is both a "defensive" weapon and a symbol.


Pictured above is a Kirpan (dagger)

The U.K legality on this issue:

They are actually allowed to carry these weapons in the UK
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They are even allowed to carry them into Schools
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Should they be banned?
Discuss....

[EDIT] A few people are claiming they have never heard of a kirpan attack as if it was some kind of defence for this absurd law so I have posted a news story below which shows it being used in an attack. It left a 12 centimetre wound for those questioning how much damage it can actually do.
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I can't believe the hypocricy of this. On TSR there are many supporters for banning the Burkha regardless of religious observance yet not many are applying the same standards to the Kirpan

Perhaps I am one of few, but I agree. The kirpan should be banned.

They aren't used as weapons, only for defence purposes. Schools? My old school wouldn't allow Sikhs to bring in a big kirpan, only a small one that wouldn't cause much harm. So stop bitching you little faggot.

Actually your in the majority if you check the poll at the top but Jesus it is close.

Well check my edit in my OP for a news story of a kirpan-related knife crime.

I don't know what the jurisdiction on kirpans is in Ontario. As an earlier poster pointed out, in this country it requires some kind of registration, so police know who's carrying them around. Note the absence of kirpan related crimes in the UK.

Seriously, what is your problem with Sikhs? Weren't you a Muslim not long ago or something? Maybe I'm misremembering, but you kept on prattling on about Malcolm X as far as I recall.