Canadian Courthouse Excludes Sikh Witness Wearing Kirpan

CBC News reports that last Monday in Calgary, Alberta, a Sikh man who had been subpoenaed to testify as a witness to a fatal car accident was barred from entering the courthouse because he was wearing a kirpan. After going through airport-type screening, Tejinder Sidhu was told that he would need to leave his ceremonial dagger at security in order to enter the building. Sidhu, who refused, says his religious freedom protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was infringed.