Tajikistan Shaves 13,000 Men's Beards To 'End Radicalism'
January 28, 2016 at 7:14 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2016 at 7:24 pm by ReptilianPeon.)
Article. I never liked religious symbols in public but shaving beards in public (which might not necessarily be Salafist/Wahaabi) is a bit far maybe. Tajikistan also banned "Arabic sounding names", marriages between first cousins (which by the way is Halal*) and removed Hijabs from over 1000 women, as well as, presumably, the numerous accessories women use to exclude themselves from wider society. I think it's good that they are taking steps to counter the influence of al-Saud.
*Quran 4:23 does not prohibit cousins (or grandparents, or great-grandparents, weirdly) of any kind for marriage: "Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters; father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;-"
*Quran 4:23 does not prohibit cousins (or grandparents, or great-grandparents, weirdly) of any kind for marriage: "Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters; father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers (Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition if ye have not gone in;- (Those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;-"
