{"id":668,"date":"2013-01-31T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/01\/kirpans-allowed-in-alberta-courts-sikhs-can-wear-religious-knives.html"},"modified":"2014-07-28T07:56:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T12:56:47","slug":"kirpans-allowed-in-alberta-courts-sikhs-can-wear-religious-knives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/01\/kirpans-allowed-in-alberta-courts-sikhs-can-wear-religious-knives.html","title":{"rendered":"Kirpans Allowed In Alberta Courts, Sikhs Can Wear Religious Knives"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QuZ3-1U-wuE\/UQr1kAXv8BI\/AAAAAAAACD0\/qjcCxvjoC8g\/s1600\/sikh%2Bknife.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QuZ3-1U-wuE\/UQr1kAXv8BI\/AAAAAAAACD0\/qjcCxvjoC8g\/s400\/sikh%20knife.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"168\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We just finished covering Sikhism and talked about how Sikhs would probably have to leave their Kirpans (ceremonial daggers carried by Sikhs) when they went to airports and other government places. Well, Alberta, Canada just announced they will allow Sikhs to wear their kirpans in provincial courthouses. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2013\/01\/28\/alberta-policy-allows-sikhs-kirpan-religious-knives-in-court_n_2568248.html?utm_hp_ref=religion&amp;ir=Religione\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this articl<\/a>e in the Huffington Post, Alberta is the \u201cprovincewide adoption of a uniform policy with respect to the kirpan.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just finished covering Sikhism and talked about how Sikhs would probably have to leave their Kirpans (ceremonial daggers carried by Sikhs) when they went to airports and other government places. Well, Alberta, Canada just announced they will allow Sikhs to wear their kirpans in provincial courthouses. 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