America: A case of religious discrimination has come to the fore in California, US, where a Sikh man has claimed that he was denied entry into a basketball match because he was carrying a saber. After being denied entry into the match, the victim narrated her ordeal on social media.
Actually, this incident of religious discrimination is from the city of Sacramento, California. It is being told that the match in which Sikh did not get admission was of North American Basketball League NBA team Sacramento Kings.
No help received despite complaint
A person named Mandeep Singh took to Twitter to describe the incident as related to ‘religious discrimination’ and claimed that he was denied entry because of ‘Kripan’. In his tweet, Mandeep also shared pictures outside the stadium and inside the security room. Also claimed that during the incident I told many responsible people about it but did not get help.
The victim himself tweeted the information
The victim tweeted that it is unfortunate to experience religious discrimination and to be denied entry to the Sacramento Kings game tonight. I was not allowed to go because of my saber. This is very sad for me.
Unfortunate experiencing religious discrimination and being denied entry at the @SacramentoKings game tonight b/c Im . Wouldn’t let me in bc of"https://twitter.com/hashtag/kirpan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#>kirpan. Spoke w/ multiple people up the security chain and none seem to understand. Been a fan since 96. Not so much anymore. pic.twitter.com/1qG3sNzDf2
— Mandeep Singh (@Light0fMind) March 14, 2023
Users gave mixed reactions to the victim’s tweet. In this, some people said that every stadium has its own rules from the point of view of security. In such a situation, stopping you does not come under the category of religious discrimination. At the same time, some users described the incident as tragic.
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