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The New South Wales government has put a\u00a0temporary ban<\/a>\u00a0on Sikh students carrying a kirpan in public schools. The kirpan is a\u00a0ceremonial dagger<\/a>\u00a0baptised Sikhs carry to symbolise their duty to stand up against injustice.<\/p>\n

The ban was put in place after a 14-year-old boy used a kirpan to stab a 16-year-old at a high school in Sydney.<\/p>\n

NSW Premier\u00a0Gladys Berejiklian said<\/a>\u00a0\u201cstudents shouldn\u2019t be allowed to take knives to school under any circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n

But framing the controversy as whether or not students should be allowed to take knives to school oversimplifies a complex issue.<\/p>\n

This issue is not just about knives in schools. It is also about what it means to be a secular school in a multicultural and multi-faith Australia.<\/p>\n

Denied the ability to practise their faith<\/strong><\/h4>\n

There is a long history of controversy over wearing religious symbols in Australian schools, both religious and secular.<\/p>\n

In 2017 the family of a Sikh boy\u00a0launched legal action<\/a>\u00a0against his school after the Christian college banned the boy from wearing a patka (a turban worn by children). The Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal later\u00a0ruled the school breached<\/a>\u00a0the Equal Opportunity Act.<\/p>\n

In 2018 the Secular Party of Australia brought a\u00a0case against the Victorian education department<\/a>\u00a0alleging the department had discriminated against a child by permitting her to wear \u201creligious style clothing that covered her body, leaving only her face and hands exposed\u201d. The case failed.<\/p>\n

And in 2019 a Western Australian Catholic high school\u00a0banned a Hindu girl from attending<\/a>\u00a0class after she had her nose pierced for cultural and religious reasons. After\u00a0six weeks and many meetings<\/a>, the school appeared to back down and allow the student back to class.<\/p>\n

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A patka is like a turban, worn by Sikh children.<\/p><\/div>\n

While some of these cases occurred in private and specifically religious schools, they all raise the same issue \u2014 to what extent do we accommodate the religious beliefs and practices of minority groups in our community?<\/p>\n

In NSW, section\u00a011C of the Summary Offences Act 1988<\/a>\u00a0makes it an offence to carry a knife in a public place or school. The act provides a number of exceptions such as for the preparation of food, or for recreation or sport. Carrying a knife for \u201cgenuine religious purposes\u201d is also an exception.<\/p>\n

This exception is\u00a0currently under review<\/a>\u00a0by the NSW government. In the meantime, a temporary ban has been put in place. As a result Sikh school children are being denied the ability to fully practise their faith.<\/p>\n

What is a secular country?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Controversies like the kirpan ban often occur due to a\u00a0fundamental disagreement<\/a>\u00a0about what a secular education looks like. Western secular democracies have taken two different approaches.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s government school system is secular. This does not mean it is, nor should be, religion free. Instead\u00a0Australian secular education<\/a>\u00a0means a space where religion is one of many options. Countries that conform to this version of secularism are religiously plural.<\/p>\n

In France, secular education means it is religion free. Since 2004 all religious symbols have been\u00a0banned from state schools<\/a>. The aim is to create a religiously neutral environment that supports state secularism.<\/p>\n

Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom\u00a0have adopted a similar approach<\/a>\u00a0as Australia. In these countries, secularism means to permit, or even encourage, the expression of multiple faiths in schools to various degrees. The aim is to create a multicultural environment.<\/p>\n

The kirpan is fundamentally a\u00a0religious symbol<\/a>. It is one of five markers of faith worn by baptised Sikhs, including kesh (unshorn hair symbolising respect for God\u2019s will). Wearing the\u00a0kirpan is not optional<\/a>\u00a0for baptised Sikhs.<\/p>\n

The kirpan is similar to the hijab worn by some Muslim women, the kippah worn by Jewish men or the cross or crucifix worn by some Christians.<\/p>\n

As the\u00a0Supreme Court of Canada<\/a>\u00a0put it, describing the kirpan as a knife is \u201cindicative of a simplistic view of freedom of religion\u201d.<\/p>\n

Banning the kirpan because it resembles a knife heads Australia down a path of religion-free schools. This would be inconsistent with\u00a0Australia\u2019s commitment<\/a>\u00a0to multiculturalism.<\/p>\n

There are other options besides a ban<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Instead of an outright ban, the NSW government and Australian schools more generally need to find ways to safely accommodate this important religious symbol. This does not mean there should be no restrictions.<\/p>\n

In 2006 the\u00a0Supreme Court of Canada<\/a>\u00a0found that a school had discriminated against a Sikh boy when it banned him from wearing his kirpan. A fundamental part of the court\u2019s decision was there were alternatives available to the school.<\/p>\n

The student was prepared to accept restrictions on how he wore his kirpan to ensure it could not be used as a weapon. The restrictions included wearing it enclosed in a wooden sheath sewn inside a cloth envelope, which must itself be attached to a shoulder strap worn under the student\u2019s clothing.<\/p>\n

Similar restrictions could be implemented in Australia.<\/p>\n

The current debate about the kirpan in schools is an opportunity to educate both school children and the wider public about Australia\u2019s secular multicultural society. As the\u00a0Constitutional Court of South Africa<\/a>\u00a0noted in a case about wearing nose studs for religious and cultural reasons:<\/p>\n

Granting exemptions will also have the added benefit of inducting the learners into a multi-cultural South Africa where vastly different cultures exist side-by-side.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Allowing kirpans, and other symbols of faith, to be worn in Australian schools is an important part of a multicultural secular education.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Renae Barker <\/span>is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Western Australia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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