Army Issues New Rule Granting Religious Accommodations for Turbans, Beards, Hijabs - McDermott Will & Emery

Army Issues New Rule Granting Religious Accommodations for Turbans, Beards, Hijabs

Overview


Amandeep Sidhu said in an interview that his pro bono work with the Sikh Coalition, which led to a US Army directive that Sikh-American soldiers could keep their articles of faith, was an “effort to build a ‘proof of concept’ that the Sikh articles of faith are completely compatible with our military’s safety and uniformity standards” and will “make us stronger” by reflecting a diversity of faiths.