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The event at the Parliament aims to promote diversity and create awareness of the Sikh turban and the Sikh faith.
This event aims to combat hate crime against the Sikh community.
The Turban Awareness Day event is taking place in response to an incident that happened in February, when Ravneet Singh was attacked in front of Parliament while waiting to meet fellow MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi.
During the incident, the attacker attempted to pull Mr Raveneet Singh’s turban off his head and shouted racial abuse at him.
The Sikh channel have enlisted the help of local MPs to help educate the public on the significance of the turban.
They have invited all the MPs to wear a turban today to help change perspective on any negative stigma that is attached with wearing a turban.
Cam Singh from Sikh Channel said: “This is the exact building where the race hate incident took place on the 21st of February, so what we have done is amazing. We have gone back to the same position and the same place, and here where the attempt was to take the turban off, we have put turbans on.”
Not all Sikhs wear the turban, but the ones who do wear it do so to keep their uncut hair tidy.
Uncut hair symbolises an acceptance of the Sikh’s body as God created it, without any modifications needed.
It is one of the five Sikh symbols, and acts as a sign of his or her religion and aims to bring the community together.
The turban is one of the most highly visible symbols of Sikhism.
Many orthodox Sikhs are easily targeted by individuals spreading racial abuse as their turban makes them easy to spot and identify them as Sikhs.
The next step for the Sikh channel is to continue raising awareness in school, universities and local centres.
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The event at the Parliament aims to promote diversity and create awareness of the Sikh turban and the Sikh faith.
This event aims to combat hate crime against the Sikh community.
The Turban Awareness Day event is taking place in response to an incident that happened in February, when Ravneet Singh was attacked in front of Parliament while waiting to meet fellow MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi.
During the incident, the attacker attempted to pull Mr Raveneet Singh’s turban off his head and shouted racial abuse at him.
The Sikh channel have enlisted the help of local MPs to help educate the public on the significance of the turban.
They have invited all the MPs to wear a turban today to help change perspective on any negative stigma that is attached with wearing a turban.
Cam Singh from Sikh Channel said: “This is the exact building where the race hate incident took place on the 21st of February, so what we have done is amazing. We have gone back to the same position and the same place, and here where the attempt was to take the turban off, we have put turbans on.”
Not all Sikhs wear the turban, but the ones who do wear it do so to keep their uncut hair tidy.
Uncut hair symbolises an acceptance of the Sikh’s body as God created it, without any modifications needed.
It is one of the five Sikh symbols, and acts as a sign of his or her religion and aims to bring the community together.
The turban is one of the most highly visible symbols of Sikhism.
Many orthodox Sikhs are easily targeted by individuals spreading racial abuse as their turban makes them easy to spot and identify them as Sikhs.
The next step for the Sikh channel is to continue raising awareness in school, universities and local centres.
