{"id":412,"date":"2018-01-21T17:14:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=412"},"modified":"2018-01-21T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T17:14:09","slug":"akali-dal-sgpc-upset-at-italy-supreme-court-ruling-on-kirpan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/akali-dal-sgpc-upset-at-italy-supreme-court-ruling-on-kirpan\/","title":{"rendered":"Akali Dal, SGPC upset at Italy Supreme Court ruling on \u2018kirpan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">Source &#8211;\u00a0<strong>india.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">Chandigarh, May 16 (<strong>IANS<\/strong>) The Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (<strong>SGPC<\/strong>) on Tuesday expressed anguish over the Italian Supreme Court upholding a ban on wearing of \u2018<strong>kirpan<\/strong>\u2019 and plan to raise the issue at appropriate platforms to ensure \u201c<strong>justice<\/strong>\u201d to Sikhs settled in Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">In a statement here on Tuesday, Akali Dal secretary and spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said the Italian court has \u201cignored\u201d the fact that carrying of \u2018kirpan\u2019 is essential and a mandatory part of religious code of conduct of an \u2018Amritdhari\u2019 (baptized) Sikh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIt is a question of faith and a fundamental right of a Sikh. Banning of \u2018kirpan\u2019 means that no \u2018Amritdhari Sikh\u2019 will be able to live in Italy after this order,\u201d Cheema pointed out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">Cheema said the Akali Dal and SGPC would raise this issue at appropriate platforms to ensure \u201cjustice\u201d to Sikhs settled in Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe party will also take up of the matter with the External Affairs Ministry and urge them to take up this matter with the Italian government at the earliest,\u201d Cheema said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_wrapper_div\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal; font-size: 14px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">The Akali Dal expressed deep concern and anguish over the decision of the Italian Supreme Court upholding a ban on wearing of \u2018kirpan\u2019, a small sword-like weapon considered a Sikh religious symbol, on the pretext of public safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe decision of the Italian Supreme Court has shaken the Sikh community the world over,\u201d Cheema added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 26px; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; outline: 0px; color: #000000;\">Italy has a large number of immigrants from India, especially Sikhs from Punjab.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/akali-dal-sgpc-upset-at-italy-supreme-court-ruling-on-kirpan\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"5\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211;\u00a0india.com Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Tuesday expressed anguish over the Italian Supreme Court upholding a ban on wearing of \u2018kirpan\u2019 and plan to raise the issue at appropriate platforms to ensure \u201cjustice\u201d to Sikhs settled in Italy. 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