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However, they are specifically required to "dress up their hair and beard properly". [1] In December 2003, the Supreme Court of India ruled that Muslims in uniform can grow beards. [2] [3] Non-Muslims and non-Sikhs serving in the Indian Army or the Indian Air Force are not permitted to grow beards. However, Army personnel on active duty are ...
Holt v. Hobbs, 574 U.S. 352 (2015), was an American legal case in which the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an Arkansas prison policy which prohibited a Muslim prisoner from growing a short beard in accordance with his religious beliefs violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
Non-commissioned officers can wear beards, from Suboficial Segundo (Petty Officer) rank and upwards. Protocol still requires officers to appear clean-shaven on duty, thus forcing those who choose to sport beards to grow them while on leave. Both full beards and goatees are allowed, as long as they proffer a professional, non-eccentric image.
The Justice Department’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, also seeks a court order prohibiting retaliation or discipline against officers requesting to grow or keep beards ...
In one such example, Muhammad advised that men must grow beards, and as to moustaches, cut the longer hairs as to not let them cover the upper lips (as this is the Fitra, the tradition of prophets). [39] Thus, growing a beard while keeping the moustache from covering the upper lip is a well-established tradition in many Muslim societies. [38]
“Every day I see some representation of me in the media. It’s a difficult thing to escape. I can’t hide from my Muslim identity because the media shows it to me every day. So I can either withdraw into my shell or I can respond to that conversation, and so it’s made me a tougher person, to be honest.
However, large variations can occur; boys as young as ten have also been known to develop facial hair, [2] and some men do not produce much facial hair at all. Men may style their facial hair into beards , moustaches , goatees or sideburns ; many others completely shave their facial hair and this is referred to as being "clean-shaven".
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