[jambutty]

Originally Posted by West Ender

I don't agree with that divergeance from standard uniform either but at least a Sikh turban can act as a helmet and can be knocked off the head, not pulled against the throat.

I never said that it was right that a Sikh policeman wears his turban. I was just answering your question. Although I seem to recall from the darkest reaches of my ageing brain cell that the turban is reinforced in some way to act as a helmet. Maybe I just dreamed it or maybe it was just in India?

However the point is that the precedence has already been established with the Sikhs so the police had to allow a Muslim policewoman to wear the hijab on duty and the hijab now constitutes part of the uniform.

This looks like yet another case of where the powers that be didn’t think things through when pandering to the religious whims of immigrants.

I wonder what would happen if a Jewish man joined the police force? Would he be allowed to wear the “yamulke” or “kippah” as it is more popularly known these days?