Will President Obama wear a turban?

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President Obama is scheduled to visit India next month. On the agenda is a trip to the Golden Temple in Punjab, which would involve wearing head gear, possibly furthering speculation that he is Muslim. Any trip to the main city of Punjab state would have to include a visit to the breathtaking Sikh Golden Temple, where head coverings are mandatory.

With midterm elections just a couple of weeks away, it is possibly not the best time for Mr Obama to be photographed in exotic head gear. He might be Christian, but he has regularly had to fight off accusations he is secretly a Muslim – indeed a Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life poll in April found nearly 1 in 5 Americans believe he is Muslim. Sikhism is the main religion of the Punjab state.

Sikhs had hoped a visit to their nerve center would raise awareness about their religion and the fact that it is completely separate to Islam, even though Punjab shares a long border with Pakistan.

The Sikh religion – concentrated in Punjab – requires that adherents never cut their hair. Most Sikh men twirl their locks under an elaborate decorative turban each morning, in a process that takes up to 15 minutes.

Sikhism is, at its heart, a way of life more than a religion, and stresses good deeds in day-to-day life over what it sees as empty religious rituals.

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Holte Ender

Holte Ender will always try to see your point of view, but sometimes it is hard to stick his head that far up his @$$.
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Anonymous
12 years ago

I am sikh and i am proud.

jot
Reply to  Anonymous
12 years ago

I am sikh and i am proud.

Rusty Shackelford
13 years ago

Word is Michelle makes him wear a turban when the play Ali Babba at night in thw west wing.

Reply to  Rusty Shackelford
13 years ago

Rusty given that I doubt you would be allowed with a mile of the White House, I doubt you would know anything about that. Of course asking for references for “word is…” would be akin to asking a Republican to tell the truth…..

13 years ago

Is it specified what type of head covering?

If he went in wearing a cowboy hat, wouldn’t that count, and satisfy the Republitards at the same time?

Jess
Reply to  Mother Hen
13 years ago

I saw yesterday that cowboy hats and baseball hats are not appropriate head gear to walk in this temple. I was in Thailand a few years ago, spreading dad’s ashes and mom and I had to wear a skirt going into one of the temples we visited there too. Very strict dress codes, since I had to go to a little market stall and purchase a skirt to go there. I was wearing short capri pants at the time and they wouldn’t let me in. I often wonder about the god that needs a dress code so you can go visit.

Jess
13 years ago

No need, he apparently has cancelled the trip that would require his wearing of the head gear to go in the temple. Makes me sick that he has to cater to the paste eaters but it is what it is. He’ s still going to India, just not into the temple for fear of the backlash from the loony tunes here.

thejeanmachine
13 years ago

I can hear the Republicans now!!!!

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