1.   But Sikh men say their religion requires them to leave their hair uncut and covered, either by a turban or a small bun called a patka.

2.   He lives in an apartment in Jamaica, N.Y., with several other young Sikh men.

3.   He wore under his shirt a three-inch-long sheathed knife called a kirpan, which is traditionally carried by devout Sikh men.

4.   In Arizona, a Sikh man was shot to death, apparently mistaken for a Muslim.

5.   In Providence, R.I., on Wednesday, a Sikh man in a turban was pulled off a Boston-to-Washington train by the police.

6.   Later that morning, three Sikh men waiting at Grand Central Terminal for a Connecticut-bound train were stopped and had their bags searched by the police.

7.   Like many Sikh women, she takes Kaur as a second name, while Sikh men typically use Singh as a surname.

8.   Most Sikh men adopt the surname Singh, meaning lion, and most women Kaur, which means princess.

9.   One Sikh man in Mesa, Ariz., was killed.

10.   Sikh men, with their religiously prescribed beards and turbans, reported being accosted.