A federal court in Tallahassee has ruled that a Martin County man doing time can grow his beard to the length his spiritual belief dictates, regardless of the limits of the Florida Department of ...

ZARQA/SHURA, Iraq, Nov 1 (Reuters) - After Islamic State conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate, from beard length to alms to ...

A very interesting post and discussion at Pakistaniat discussing facial hair and cricket. “Given all the discussion about cricket and Islam (here), sooner or later we will come to beards and cricket ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court ruled on Wednesday that policemen may grow beards, ending a decades-old convention barring them from making what is often seen here as a display of Islamic piety.

Once again, according to the headlines, the Pentagon has bowed to Islamic demands: — “Caving to pressure from Muslim groups, the Pentagon has relaxed uniform rules to allow Islamic beards, turbans and ...

The Taliban told barbers in Helmand province they would be punished if they cut or shaved beards. Notices were put up outside salons that said "no one has a right to complain," the BBC reported. The ...

What clothes women are allowed to wear and whether or not men can have bushy beards are being debated again in Muslim-majority Central Asia, this time in Kyrgyzstan. The parliament of the former ...

KHAR, Pakistan – Suspected Islamic radicals have issued a Taliban-style warning to barbers in a Pakistani border town not to shave off or cut their customers’ beards, saying it offends Islam, ...

12:16, Sat, Apr 1, 2017 Updated: 12:41, Sat, Apr 1, 2017 The new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang include a range of measures including outlawing religious marriage ceremonies and ...

The Taliban has barred some barbers from cutting people's beards in one province of Afghanistan, and said people who violate the rule will be punished, the BBC reported. A notice was put on salons in ...