Sunday, September 25, 2011

Sikhis protesting at Westminster - London

Pic by Moah. Sept 25th 2011. A crowd of daggered Sikhis protesting at Westminster against discrimination on their use of turbants. They have been obliged by security officers at airports and public buildings to take off and unwrap their headtops, what is considered humiliating and outrageous to them. They argue in the name of faith that stripping off their heads is a severe ofense to their dignity and that they will not consent such abusive practice to continue. I managed to read in a protestor's jacket the following statement of a Sikhi religious leader: "If it is to live, live with dignity. If it is to die, die for your faith" - a straight forward message to UK authorities...A Sikhi turbant is simply not a simple hat.