Sikh players of Indian basketball team forced to remove turbans

[ITBP]

NAGPUR: The Indian basketball team had a memorable outing in the recently concluded 5th Fiba Asia Cup in Wuhan (China), as they scripted a historic win over China and gave a scare to World Cup qualifiers Iran, Jordan and the Philippines.

But what soured the campaign was the racial discrimination and humiliation which the team's Sikh players were subjected to by the organisers of the tournament.

Two Sikh players - Amritpal Singh and Amjyot Singh - were asked to remove their turbans before the start of the match on Saturday, July 12. They were stopped from entering the court moments before India were to open their campaign against Japan.

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Unnacceptable.

Rules says players cant wear any thing thing that may hurt others such as garments extra cloths etc.

Turban is made by cloth, is it painful?



I dont care what happens to Sikh-Canadian or Sikh British or Sikh-American.

But cant ignore when these stupid things happen to our own country's players.

 

[Ray]

Maybe they were worried that if the ball got deflected off a turban, then the opponents would not be able to judge the trajectory and the ball would get basketed in India's favour.

Those who do not understand religion cannot understand the significance of religious symbols and accoutrements.

 

[zara1200]

Why they forced it?

 

[Ashutosh Lokhande]

deleted. wrong post.

 

[Ray]

Why they forced it?

Forced what?

 

[Blackwater]

well u can not play basketball with turban on ur head, sikh player should wear patka while playing any game

 

[Voldemort]

Why they forced it?

They cited some rulebook to point out that any kind of headgear is not allowed for fear that an opposing player might get injured.

 

[rizwan78]

well u can not play basketball with turban on ur head, sikh player should wear patka while playing any game

Phaa g, in india Basketball has been played since 100 years , question is why now they can't be played with a turban wearing sardar ?

 

[Voldemort]

Phaa g, in india Basketball has been played since 100 years , question is why now they can't be played with a turban wearing sardar ?

They can play in India. This was an international event being played in China.

 

[Blackwater]

Phaa g, in india Basketball has been played since 100 years , question is why now they can't be played with a turban wearing sardar ?

i think u r getting confused between patka and turban. i have never seen a sikh playing sports such as football,kabaddi,hockey,cricket,TT or basketball with turban

 

[Blackwater]

Phaa g, in india Basketball has been played since 100 years , question is why now they can't be played with a turban wearing sardar ?

this is patka
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this is turban

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http://media.santabanta.com/wall2009/cricket/harbhajan singh/480x640/harbhajan-singh-12924.jpg

 

[rizwan78]

this is patka
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this is turban

http://i.bollywoodmantra.com/albums...he-album-meri-maa/harbhajan-singh__616713.JPG

http://media.santabanta.com/wall2009/cricket/harbhajan singh/480x640/harbhajan-singh-12924.jpg

Thanks , got it now

 

[Peter]

This is a very sad incident. it reminds me of how Indian soldiers in the British army were not allowed to wear tilaks,caste marks or turbans. They were forced to follow the so called "civil" British dress code. This was one of the reasons of Sepoy mutiny. I hope the governing body of basketball looks into this matter and takes appropriate steps. We will now get top see how fair and just they really are in dealing with this matters.

 

[Tamer ali]

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