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Rs 5,000 fine impose in Pak for shaving beard

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Posted online: Thursday , January 17, 2008 at 03:04:41
Updated: Thursday , January 17, 2008 at 03:20:15


Islamabad, January 17: A radical Islamic group in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency bordering Afghanistan has warned that any man shaving his beard will have to pay a fine of Rs 5,000.

Haji Namdar, the chief of the Tanzim Bilmaroof (group for promotion of virtue), announced a ban on shaving in a broadcast made on Wednesday from his illegal FM radio station.

“Shaving the beard is forbidden in Islam and I feel duty-bound to make every Muslim of my tribe sport a beard,” said Namdar.

The Tanzim Bilmaroof had earlier imposed fines for various acts it says are against the teachings of Islam. This includes a fine of Rs 50,000 for owning a dish antenna for receiving satellite TV broadcasts and a fine of Rs 500 for not praying five times a day.

The group has also banned listening to music and watching TV. It has also imposed a fine of Rs 500 for each audio cassette found in any person’s possession. Volunteers of the Tanzim Amr Bilmaroof have severely beaten tribesmen who do not cover their heads.

Namdar was the first person to set up a radical group in Bar Qambarkhel in Khyber Agency and establish an illegal radio station. However, the Sheikhmal Khel tribe has revolted against Namdar after he set up checkpoints to collect “toll tax” from vehicles.

The Tanzim Bilmaroof also has links with the Lashkar-e-Islam militant group led by Mangal Bagh. The Lashkar-e-Islam too has banned several “un-Islamic acts” and imposed severe fines for violators.

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Unbelievers are enemy by Pranit on 19 Jan 2008

I think all strictly practising muslim/muslima should sport a beard or a hijab, so that others can keep away form these people. We should not interact with them and treat them as social outcast. It was MoHamMads idea to have a beard, so muslims can identify one another and seek help as quran say muslims should not be friends with unbelievers.

And missing is thouse who believe in religion will be fined for Rs. 50,000.00 by vkvora2001 on 18 Jan 2008

And missing is thouse who believe in religion will be fined for Rs. 50,000.00

BENGALI(pass) by GITALI HALDER on 18 Jan 2008

Please send my WEST BENGAL SSC admit card.My form number is 0112495.

Sikh should follow this edict by Suresh Raj on 17 Jan 2008

It is good idea when Sikhs are shaving their head and beards these days although having beard and kirpan is part of their faith.

Disadvantaged? by Raj on 17 Jan 2008

And to think that the government considers them as disadvantaged in order to provide reservations and sops?

'so called remedy' by shaggy on 17 Jan 2008

So I am guessing the same people issuing a fatwa against rushdie

Says where? by Rajesh on 17 Jan 2008

Perhaps these Mullahs would further like to enlighten the others, as to where in Quran it says so, and why if it is so. Why is beard necessary?

Interesting by Sharad C. Misra on 17 Jan 2008

What about pruning the beard ? Is it also a penal offence ? And what about the mustache ?

Dilemma by ashutosh mishra on 18 Jan 2008

Plucking may lead to Bal-Tor Mishra Ji.That will lead visit to the Doctor who gains at the expense of the poor barber that goes without a job.Serious Dilemmas involved here.

Plucking is allowed by Mullah on 17 Jan 2008

No, it is not allowed. Plucking is allowed only for pubic hair according to managing director (Md.: muhammad) of Islam.

Enforcing Islamic teachings. by Rao on 17 Jan 2008

I think it will be a good idea to enforce such laws in India (why not the whole world?)for all Muslims by Mullahs. Instead of threatening Godrej family y dont they concentrate on their own Islamic men? It will be nice to see all the movie Khans with long beards in love scene! .

STOP IDOLISING KHANS OF BOLLYWOOD ! by HEMU on 17 Jan 2008

Sharuk Khan is a hardcore Islamic fanatic. He greets a person with 'ADAB', but never with 'NAMASKAR'. He earns in billions in Hindu India, but has very soft corner for Pakistan ! Indian moviegoers should boycott his films !

sickness gets worse the more the remedy is taken by Dr. Sri Ram on 17 Jan 2008

Jalal ad-Din Afghani, the nineteenth-century reformer, once wrote, “Every Muslim is sick, and the only remedy is the Quran”. Western writer Conor Cruise O’Brien responded, “the sickness gets worse the more the remedy is taken”.

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