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Italy's top court rules Sikhs can't carry religious knives
File photo of the ceremonial dagger, kirpan. Photo: modfos/Depositphotos
The Local
news@thelocal.it
16 May 2017
11:11 CEST+02:00
Italy's Court of Cassation ruled on Monday that a Sikh man was not allowed to carry a knife considered sacred by his religion in public.
Migrants have a duty to conform to local values in the society they choose to move to, the court said, even if those values are different from in their home country.
The kirpan, a small knife or sword, is one of five religious articles many Sikhs carry with them at all times.
But the legality of carrying the curved knife in public has been debated in several countries where Sikhs are a minority.
https://www.thelocal.it/20170516/immigration-sikhs-religious-knives-kirpan-italy-court