New airport turban checks upset Sikhs in US
This is classic example of sound security verses the politically correct crowd. I have been flying on a weekly basis for close to 20 years.
Post-9/11 frequent flyers will tell you it is not easy to fly anymore. I do think the system could use improvement, yet I am all for checking people out for security. And I have no issue with profiling people or checking out items like hats with tough scrutiny.
Should we stop checking out shoes if a religion finds it offensive?
HT-Sikh organisations in the US have received dozens of complaints from community members saying they were told to remove their turbans at airports for security checks in the wake of a new rule that subjects air travellers wearing head covering to additional screening.
“The federal government has equated our most precious article of faith with terrorism,” said Amardeep Singh, the executive director of the Sikh Coalition, an advocacy group for Sikhs.
“To send a message that the turban is dangerous sends the wrong message to society,” Singh told the New York Times.
The Sikh Coalition also alleged that the new policy was put into effect without consulting Sikhs, whose population in the country is close to 280,000.