Somalia: Hezb al-Islam Orders Men to Grow Beards, Trim Mustaches or Face Their Wrath
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Submit or die… (IOL)- Somalia’s Islamist movement Hezb al-Islam has ordered men in Mogadishu to grow their beards and trim their moustaches, officials said on Monday, further imposing the strict Sharia form of Islamic law. The latest edict by Hezb al-Islam follows a similar order issued late last year by the Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab group. The two groups control most of Somalia. “Men are ordered to grow their beards and trim their moustaches and anyone found violating this law will face the consequences,” senior Hezb al-Islam official Moalim Hashi Mohamed Farah told reporters. “To grow one’s beard is a moral teaching left by our Prophet Mohamed, peace be upon him, so it is a duty to keep this religious practice alive and punish men who shave their beards and grow their moustaches,” he said.
I think it's important to note that, when you meet a Muslim man, the more his beard looks like this guys beard,
the more likely he tends towards a strict interpretation of Sharia ...
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