Tuesday, November 20, 2007

1.) I apologize: yesterday's post bored me too. Here we go:

Islam:
Muslim men and women are required by the Sunnah to remove their pubic hair and underarm hair. Muslim men are discouraged from shaving their faces. Some legal schools include the moustache in this definition while others encourage the moustache to be shaved.

Judaism:
Jewish men are forbidden by the Torah to shave their facial hair with a razor. Whether it is permitted to shave with an electric razor is a matter of debate among Jewish legal decisors, but most are lenient.

Sikhism:
Sikh men and women are forbidden to shave any body hair because hair (called Kesh) is one of the Five K’s which all baptised Sikhs keep in the way they believe Waheguru [God] intended. Sikh's believe that, since God created the human body with hair, it is against his will for them to remove it. Hair is also considered part of man's natural beauty that should not change. Having long head hair is one of the reasons why Sikh men and women wear turbans to cover their hair.

Historically however, Sikhs were required to wear a turban and beard primarily to stand out among the rest as a protector and guardian for the early Sikhs and Hindus who sought protection against the then-ruling Muslim forces in India.


from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-shaven#Shaving_in_religion




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