US Sikhs Angry Over Turban Plan

August 25, 2007

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6963314.stm

US Sikh organisations have expressed anger over changes allowing airport security staff to "pat down" turbans.

Until now turbans have been searched or removed only to resolve an unexplained alarm from an airport metal detector.

But now security will have greater discretion to inspect turbans so that they can be manually checked for objects such as non-metallic weapons.

However Sikh groups have responded to the new measures by describing them as outrageous and discriminatory.