Maj Kamaljeet Singh Kalsis new campaign in US

July 08, 2013 11:45

When Maj Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, raised in New Jersey, applied to join the American Army, its tradition did not allow him to keep his beard, long hair and turban. A two-year struggle against this rule resulted in the US army granting him special exemption in 2009.

Since then two other American Sikhs have followed him into the army.

Now, says the New York Times, as Major Kalsi, a winner of the Bronze Star in Afghanistan, readies to leave active duty, he is mulling another campaign, this time to have the army's strict rules against his religious symbols revoked.

It is these rules that are coming in the way of more Sikhs joining the US army, Major Kalsi believes.

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