Beard forbidden in Indian school

Submitted by B.N.Gururaj (India), Apr 15, 2009 at 09:54

Recently, about a fortnight back, Indian supreme court dismissed a writ petition filed by a Muslim student of a New Delhi school who wanted to sport beard as a part of religious practice. En passant, the judge observed that if this were allowed, claim to wear Burkah (niquab) would not be far away!

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