A UK-based Sikh restaurateur has called for a ban on kirpans, arguing that the ceremonial blade is being misused as a weapon against unarmed civilians despite its significance as an article of faith in Sikhism.

A political dispute has erupted over the legal exemption allowing Sikhs to carry kirpans in public after Reform UK pledged to repeal the protection following a recent murder…

TOI correspondent from London: British-born Sikh Vickrum Singh Digwa was convicted this week of murdering 18-year-old Southampton University student Henry Nowak with a 21cm…

A UK-based Sikh restaurateur has called for a ban on kirpans, arguing that the ceremonial blade is being misused as a weapon against unarmed civilians despite its significance as…

Henry Nowak murder case has prompted questions about religious exemptions for Sikh ceremonial blades

As the incident from December last year in Southampton caused an uproar, Britain’s Sikh lawmakers on Tuesday defended the kirpan during a heated debate in the UK Parliament

Critics of the religious practice claim that a ‘two-tier’ policing framework protects British ethnic minorities at the expense of others.