Australian State Mulls Next Move After Court Overturns Knife Ban

In this picture taken on Dec. 5, 2020 Sandeep Singh, a farmer from Rauni village in Ludhiana district of the northern Indian state of Punjab, holds his Kirpan, a sword or a dagger carried by Sikhs as a part of religious commandment. Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images

Queensland will explore all legal options after a court found the statewide ban against carrying religious weapons on school grounds to be racial discrimination.

Sikh woman Kamaljit Kaur Athwal won the landmark legal fight to overturn the ban, claiming it discriminated against carrying her religion’s ceremonial sword, the Kirpan.