Beard Liberation Front
26th September
Media Release
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Beard Liberation Front ‘resolutely opposed’ to Taliban diktat on beard wearing
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that it is resolutely opposed to a reported Taliban diktat that barbers in Afghanistan must not trim or shave beards.
The Taliban favour lengthy organic beards, although this is not so much a matter of style but a religious principle on their part.
During the period of non-Taliban rule which has just ended, beard wearing became less common and barbers set-up to take advantage of interest in styles and fashions in facial appearance.
The campaigners say that one of the BLF’s founding principles has been that people should be able to dress and appear as they want. That includes the right to wear a beard, but equally the right not to wear one.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, obviously we do campaign on discrimination against beard wearers. Perhaps the key word there though is ‘discrimination’ so when someone is told they must wear a beard we are resolutely opposed to that kind of diktat.
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