I am an amritdharin (baptised) sikh and i was wearing my kirpan. My kirpan was within the required length as it was under 6cm. i was still asked to remove it as the security guard did not like this. i talked to the airline i was flying with and they were fine with me carrying my kirpan. The guard had no respect and asked me to strip my clothes off in the open and groped for my kirpan and did not treat it with respect. i was then required to take it off or i would not be able to board.