Monday, December 13, 2010

India's UN Envoy Puri Is Detained at U.S. Airport; Refused to Remove Turban as Required by Security

The Daily Mail (British) website reports today (December 13, 2010) that India's UN envoy Hardeep Puri was detained for more than 30 minutes in a holding room at Houston Airport in Texas, after he refused to remove his turban.

The Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna today said, "We have taken it up with the U.S. authorities and the matter is at that stage."

Sikh men are expected to keep their heads covered in public at all times, and turbans are only to be removed in the most intimate of circumstances, or when washing. Sikhism is a Hindu religious sect that is popular in India.

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