Could the Ruling in the Watkins-Singh Case Influence British Policy Towards Islamic Minority?
Could the Ruling in the Watkins-Singh Case Influence British Policy Towards Islamic Minority?

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the court ruling in the Watkins-Singh case by which the right to wear a piece of religious apparel was given to a Sikh girl, whereas the same right was denied in arguably comparable cases regarding Islamic clothing. In the first part of the paper it is established that such a comparison is indeed possible; in the second it argued that a number of reasons in favour of ban are largely unfounded and that the Muslim minority has been put in a de facto unequal position in comparison to Sikhs; third section suggests that the ruling in this case was based on an implicit account of the intrinsic value of culture which is theoretically implausible and practically unsustainable.

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