'What sort of backward religious belief is this': Fiery debate on kids being allowed to take 'religious' weapons to school after student was stabbed with a Sikh knife - as practice is banned * Boy, 16, was allegedly stabbed by fellow student, 14, at Glenwood High School
* Principal addressed alleged incident in letter sent home to parents on Friday
* Says students can bring knives to school 'to meet aspects of their religious faith'
* Baptised Sikh students are legally allowed to bring kirpans to school in NSW
* They are a 'reasonable excuse' weapon under the NSW Summary Offences Act
* Religious protocol says a Sikh should keep a Kirpan on their body at all times
* Incident was debated on Today with Karl Stefanovic and Bill Shorten on Tuesday
* Education Minister Sarah Mitchell then announced ban on religious weapons
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9589405/Fiery-Today-debate-kids-allowed-religious-weapons-school.html
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Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984.
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Excerpt: In the incident at Glenwood High School t on May 6, a 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed another male student, 16, twice in the stomach with the kirpan.
The 16-year-old boy was rushed to hospital while the other student, 14, was charged with two counts of wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
He is on bail and is due back in court in July. Meanwhile, his alleged victim was only released to hospital on Monday, 11 days after the attack.
At the time of the alleged attack the kirpan was exempt from the NSW Education Department's ban on knifes as school.
The policy states that students caught with other types of knifes face suspensions of up to 20 days and even being expelled.