In a historic legal win for religious freedom in the military, a member of the Sikh community graduated from Marine Corps recruit training Friday while wearing articles of faith intrinsic to the South ...

A federal court has ruled that the Marine Corps cannot deny entry to Sikhs because of their unshorn beards and hair. The Marine Corps told three Sikh men that they could serve only if they shaved ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York state trooper who is Sikh was barred by his supervisors from growing facial hair for his wedding, despite a 2019 state law requiring employers to let most workers follow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each morning at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jaskirat Singh and his fellow male recruits would stand in front of the ...

The US military is facing strong criticism after implementing new grooming regulations that ban beards and long hair, effectively removing religious waivers for service members. The policy requires ...

A Sikh student fought against Victoria Ambulance, the state ambulance service agency in Australia's Victoria, afte he was ...

On his first day at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Simratpal Singh sat in a barber chair where new cadets get their hair buzzed short, forced to choose between showing his faith and living ...

"They are now suffering and will continue to suffer grave, immediate, and ongoing injuries to the exercise of their faith," the judges said. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that ...