Word: turbanator
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...outward expression of their faith, Sikh men wear beards and wrap their long hair in turbans, all of which is prohibited by military rules. The implication for would-be Sikh recruits is obvious. If you want to keep your religion, fine. But don’t tell us about it. Wear a beard, grow out your hair or don a turban, and you’re out. Surely this policy is unfair. Biased. Discriminatory. Right...
...black Chevy pickup and pumped three bullets into Sodhi, killing him almost instantly, mocking innocence and sweetness. Sodhi appears to have died because he looked Muslim. He was not. He was a Sikh, and his religion was born as a reform of Hinduism. But to some, the turban and beard that most Sikhs wear look like Osama bin Laden's. When the police caught Roque, they claim he explained his actions by saying, "I'm an American...
...Annals of Statesmanship "Mr. President, Please Don Your Turban . . ." Nothing can console the unfortunate masses of gujarat for their dreadful loss in January's devastating earthquake. But in their darkest hour, there appeared a man whose ferocious appetites and celebrated girth are themselves affirmations of the force of life. Ex-President Bill Clinton came to extend his lower lip in sympathy and sample a cuisine that during his presidency took a back seat to McDonald's and chicken fried steaks. (Although murgh malai, we understand, is Bill's second favorite kind of chicken.) For Gujaratis and Clinton alike...
...five minutes. But what worlds you pass in a handful of time! On your way in, you may pass old, tired Jews leaning for support and planting kisses on the Western Wall as if they were caressing their grandchildren. Moments later, you skirt by a Muslim scholar, a white turban wrapped around his scarlet fez. He is bent double in the shade of a pine, scrubbing his feet and hands as he prepares to pray in al-Aqsa Mosque. The air is alive with the sacred mumblings of Hebrew and Arabic. It smells like dust and cumin and cardamom...