His lawyers have asked 36th District Court Judge Rudy Serra to clarify the city\'s knife ordinance. The charge was later dropped, but the American Civil Liberties Union and the United Sikhs organization have rallied around the student, claiming the arrest violated Garcha\'s religious rights. Garcha, a practicing Sikh, said the knife was part of Sikhism, a monotheistic religion founded in India. Senior Sukhpreet Singh Garcha, 23, was arrested on campus in August on suspicion of carrying a 10-inch knife on his hip and was charged with violating a city ordinance, which prohibits carrying knives with blades longer than 3 inches. The arrest of a Wayne State University student has sparked conflict between upholding the city\'s knife ordinance and protecting religious freedoms.
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