Sikhs to be allowed to join US military with turban and beard on case by case basis

Washington: A Sikh can be allowed to enter the US military with turban and beard, the Pentagon has said, noting that the approval in this regard would be given on a case by case basis and there is no universal or automatic approval to the new relaxed religious norms.

                                                    

It does," the Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters yesterday when asked if the new relaxation in religious norms for the military personnel announced a day earlier means that the Sikhs would now be allowed to wear their turbans.Read more