Death Threats for Barbers?

Katana

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Yep.

Barbers in the main town of Bajaur in north-west Pakistan have been warned to stop shaving off customers' beards.
Several barbers in Khar received leaflets warning of "consequences" if they continue to shave off beards. The leaflets were not signed.

Bajaur borders Afghanistan and there are fears that the region is becoming dominated by pro-Taleban militants.

Beards were compulsory under the Taleban's hardline Islamic code when they ran Afghanistan.

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Residents told the French news agency AFP that around 20 barbers shops in Bajaur's main town of Khar had hung out signs promising not to shave off beards.

"The barbers feel scared," a barber in another Bajaur town told Reuters news agency.

"Ninety percent of their business was based on shaving beards. We virtually have no business now."
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It's completely amazing to me...the justifications that people will grasp for as an excuse to kill each other. It reminds me of Kathleen Turner's character in "Serial Mom" offing another woman for wearing white after Labor Day.

Empty formality, enforced with lethal results. Ain't humanity grand?
 
But Islam is the religion of peace, so this must be the work of some fundamentalist Christian or something.
 
Skeptic said:
But Islam is the religion of peace, so this must be the work of some fundamentalist Christian or something.
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Hey, if I can't say all football players are idiots or all priests are child-molesters you shouldn't be able to make such broad insinuations either.
 
Cello Man said:
It's completely amazing to me...the justifications that people will grasp for as an excuse to kill each other. It reminds me of Kathleen Turner's character in "Serial Mom" offing another woman for wearing white after Labor Day.

Empty formality, enforced with lethal results. Ain't humanity grand?
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A bit of trivia and bit more off topic, but the woman she offed was none other than Patty Hearst...in a cameo, of course.
 
trip.i said:
A bit of trivia and bit more off topic, but the woman she offed was none other than Patty Hearst...in a cameo, of course.
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Was she really?

I like to hear about obscure movie trivia. Thanks for that tidbit. :)
 
This makes me wonder if there is a Taliban - Hippie connection. Both grow weed. Both refuse to get a hair cut. I bet they don't have real jobs either. All they do is drive around in cars or APVs that get poor gas mileage and smell bad. I hate'em! I wanna kick'em in the nuts!
 
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