In a historic move for[1]ward, a federal appeals court has ruled that Sikhs recruits in the US Marine Corps can keep a beard and wear turbans. Judges from the Dis[1]trict of Columbia’s fed[1]eral appeals court on Friday cited the Apre[1]sent Corps’ boot camp rule of cutting hair and shaving beards as a vio[1]lation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The ruling came after three Sikh Marine Corps recruits — Aekash Singh, Jaskirat Singh and Milaap Singh Chahal — fought for an emergency appeal in District of Columbia’s federal court to get an immediate exemption to the Corps’ boot camp rule. “Now, three Sikh re[1]cruits, who had previ[1]ously been denied reli[1]gious accommodations, can enter basic training,” Eric Baxter, senior coun[1]sel who represented the Sikh trio, tweeted. In Sikh faith, men wear turban and they do not shave off their beards or cut hair. IAN