"The turban is not a hat"

Five Sikhs employees are taking legal action against the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority for violating their religious rights by making them wear the MTA logo on their turbans while at work.

The Sikh men said they consider the turban sacred and that attaching a corporate logo violated their religious beliefs. "The turban is not a hat, it's not a one size fits all. It would be like telling Christians to put an MTA logo on their cross. It is a religious article," said Intergie Singh, a 12-year MTA veteran who was one of the men in the suit.

The Sikh workers, all of whom had worked for the MTA for between 9 and 14 years, said the turbans had not been an issue before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by Muslim extremists which destroyed the World Trade center in New York. But they said, although they were not Muslims, there had been growing discrimination against them since then.

How stupid are people?! Sikhs are NOT Muslim! It is a completely different religion and culture.

A sixth man filing suit against the MTA, Kevin Harrington, was the hero who put his No. 4 train in reverse, backed into the Wall Street station and ushered his passengers to safety across the Brooklyn Bridge after two hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center on September 11th. Now, he and the others have been ordered to put the logos on their turbans even though other transit employees who wear Yankees caps, yarmulkes or other head gear are not required to do so.