Three prospective Sikh Marine recruits have made an emergency appeal in the US federal court that they are allowed to attend the basic training of the elite forces without having to remove their religiously mandated uncut hair, beards, and turbans.
Three Sikh recruits, working to join the US Marine Corps, fought for an emergency appeal in the District of Columbia's federal court to get an immediate exemption to the Corps' boot camp rule of cutting their hair and shaving their beards.
Three Sikhs who want to keep their religiously mandated uncut hair, beards and turbans during Marine Corps basic training brought their case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday afternoon.
Three Sikhs who want to keep their religiously mandated uncut hair, beards and turbans during Marine Corps basic training brought their case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday afternoon.