Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism

[TNHarley]

Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men's beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country's fight against what it calls "foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west Khathlon region's police, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the law enforcement services convinced more than 1,700 women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as an effort to battle radicalism. Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to prevent a spillover of radical traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as marriages between first cousins.
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned the country's only registered Islamic political party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, after months of violence that the government blamed on radical Islamism.
A socialist country doing this? In December, the parliament granted the president and his family life-long immunity from prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of the nation" and officially designating him "the founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
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I thought when they claimed independence, they were moving towards a transition economy with religious freedom?

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Must be a flow. Kim ordered all males in DRPK to wear their hair like he does.

 

[Pogo]

Must be a flow. Kim ordered all males in DRPK to wear their hair like he does.

That ain't true, but I understand there are only so many "approved" hairstyles, that being one of them.

Dig that--- illegal hairstyles...

 

[Pogo]

Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men's beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country's fight against what it calls "foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west Khathlon region's police, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the law enforcement services convinced more than 1,700 women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as an effort to battle radicalism. Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to prevent a spillover of radical traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as marriages between first cousins.
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned the country's only registered Islamic political party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, after months of violence that the government blamed on radical Islamism.
A socialist country doing this? In December, the parliament granted the president and his family life-long immunity from prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of the nation" and officially designating him "the founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
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I thought when they claimed independence, they were moving towards a transition economy with religious freedom?

At first glance I figured this story must have come from The Onion or some other satire site.

Amazing. Can't make this shit up.

 

[bucs90]

Must be a flow. Kim ordered all males in DRPK to wear their hair like he does.

That ain't true, but I understand there are only so many "approved" hairstyles, that being one of them.

Dig that--- illegal hairstyles...

Sounds like a politically correct hairstyle.

 

[bucs90]

Wish we could force all the stupid liberal hipsters to shave their silly beards.

Attention American males: You cannot sport a beard if you don't even have calluses on your hands. If the most dangerous thing you do in a year is almost spilling your pint of garage brewed craft beer on your Che t-shirt....you cannot sport a beard.

 

[martybegan]

Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men's beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country's fight against what it calls "foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west Khathlon region's police, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the law enforcement services convinced more than 1,700 women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as an effort to battle radicalism. Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to prevent a spillover of radical traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as marriages between first cousins.
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned the country's only registered Islamic political party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, after months of violence that the government blamed on radical Islamism.
A socialist country doing this? In December, the parliament granted the president and his family life-long immunity from prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of the nation" and officially designating him "the founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
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I thought when they claimed independence, they were moving towards a transition economy with religious freedom?

The country could end up like Iran if they don't watch out, it all depends on how much of the population is having a "Come to Allah" moment.

 

[martybegan]

Must be a flow. Kim ordered all males in DRPK to wear their hair like he does.

That ain't true, but I understand there are only so many "approved" hairstyles, that being one of them.

Dig that--- illegal hairstyles...

The scary thing is that in North Korea, illegal hairstyles isn't even in the top 50 list of weird totalitarian shit that goes on there.

 

[konradv]

Shaving sounds like the kind of policy that could backfire by radicalizing more people. Also, the beard and clothing are ways to identify the potential trouble makers. Now they'll look like everyone else.

 

[Pogo]

Must be a flow. Kim ordered all males in DRPK to wear their hair like he does.

That ain't true, but I understand there are only so many "approved" hairstyles, that being one of them.

Dig that--- illegal hairstyles...

Sounds like a politically correct hairstyle.

Worse. It's actually regulated by The State.

>> The Telegraph reports that the world’s favorite hermit state is implementing state-sanctioned haircuts for men and women. Women are allowed to choose one of 14 styles; married women are instructed to keep their tresses short, while the single ladies are allowed let loose with longer, curlier locks.

.... Men are prohibited from growing their hair longer than 5 cm — less than 2 inches — while older men can get away with up to 7 cm (3 inches).

Interestingly, this sample from 2013 (mercifully) doesn't include Unnghh's ridiculous do --- which prolly means under their own rules he should be at the least "guested" in one of his gulags.


PC is just social pressure --- this is state regulation. Robotic character and culture defined by law.

It's like ..... Disney.

Must be a flow. Kim ordered all males in DRPK to wear their hair like he does.

That ain't true, but I understand there are only so many "approved" hairstyles, that being one of them.

Dig that--- illegal hairstyles...

The scary thing is that in North Korea, illegal hairstyles isn't even in the top 50 list of weird totalitarian shit that goes on there.

To be sure it's one of the most innocuous, but it demonstrates how low regimentation-obsessive ideology can go.

 

[Mac1958]

Something tells me this ain't gonna cut it.

No pun intended.
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[Pogo]

Shaving sounds like the kind of policy that could backfire by radicalizing more people. Also, the beard and clothing are ways to identify the potential trouble makers. Now they'll look like everyone else.

And it's aimed at a symptom (culture) and ignoring, or even deepening, the disease (politics).

 

[Pogo]

Something tells me this ain't gonna cut it.

No pun intended.

A snide remark....

 

[aris2chat]

Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men's beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country's fight against what it calls "foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west Khathlon region's police, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the law enforcement services convinced more than 1,700 women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as an effort to battle radicalism. Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to prevent a spillover of radical traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as marriages between first cousins.
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned the country's only registered Islamic political party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, after months of violence that the government blamed on radical Islamism.
A socialist country doing this? In December, the parliament granted the president and his family life-long immunity from prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of the nation" and officially designating him "the founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
---
I thought when they claimed independence, they were moving towards a transition economy with religious freedom?

At first glance I figured this story must have come from The Onion or some other satire site.

Amazing. Can't make this shit up.

you didn't expect it to be from Al Jazeera?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men's beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country's fight against what it calls "foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west Khathlon region's police, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the law enforcement services convinced more than 1,700 women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as an effort to battle radicalism. Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to prevent a spillover of radical traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as marriages between first cousins.
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned the country's only registered Islamic political party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, after months of violence that the government blamed on radical Islamism.
A socialist country doing this? In December, the parliament granted the president and his family life-long immunity from prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of the nation" and officially designating him "the founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
---
I thought when they claimed independence, they were moving towards a transition economy with religious freedom?

I'll bet a lot of American conservatives would have no issue with doing something like that here, particularly the Trump Chumps.

 

[TNHarley]

Shaving sounds like the kind of policy that could backfire by radicalizing more people. Also, the beard and clothing are ways to identify the potential trouble makers. Now they'll look like everyone else.

And it's aimed at a symptom (culture) and ignoring, or even deepening, the disease (politics).

I think its more than that.. Hell, their pop is like 95% muslim or something. Like I mentioned in the OP, they gave him ALOT of power.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men's beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country's fight against what it calls "foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west Khathlon region's police, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the law enforcement services convinced more than 1,700 women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as an effort to battle radicalism. Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to prevent a spillover of radical traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as marriages between first cousins.
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned the country's only registered Islamic political party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, after months of violence that the government blamed on radical Islamism.
A socialist country doing this? In December, the parliament granted the president and his family life-long immunity from prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of the nation" and officially designating him "the founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
---
I thought when they claimed independence, they were moving towards a transition economy with religious freedom?

I'll bet a lot of American conservatives would have no issue with doing something like that here, particularly the Trump Chumps.

No question about that, if they could. They hate religious freedom, that doesn't promote Jesus that is.

 

[TNHarley]

Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men's beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country's fight against what it calls "foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west Khathlon region's police, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the law enforcement services convinced more than 1,700 women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as an effort to battle radicalism. Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to prevent a spillover of radical traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as marriages between first cousins.
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned the country's only registered Islamic political party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, after months of violence that the government blamed on radical Islamism.
A socialist country doing this? In December, the parliament granted the president and his family life-long immunity from prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of the nation" and officially designating him "the founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
---
I thought when they claimed independence, they were moving towards a transition economy with religious freedom?

I'll bet a lot of American conservatives would have no issue with doing something like that here, particularly the Trump Chumps.

Real conservatives don't shit on the Constitution.. Completely contradicts its meaning.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Tajikistan shaves 13,000 men's beards to end radicalism
Police in Tajikistan have shaved nearly 13,000 men's beards and closed more than 160 shops selling traditional Muslim clothing last year as part of the country's fight against what it calls "foreign" influences.
Bahrom Sharifzoda, the head of the south-west Khathlon region's police, said at a press conference on Wednesday that the law enforcement services convinced more than 1,700 women and girls to stop wearing headscarves in the Muslim-majority Central Asian country.
The move is seen as an effort to battle radicalism. Tajikistan's secular leadership has long sought to prevent a spillover of radical traditions from neighbouring Afghanistan.
According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 2,000 Tajiks fighting in Syria.
Last week, the country's parliament voted to ban Arabic-sounding "foreign" names as well as marriages between first cousins.
In September, Tajikistan's Supreme Court banned the country's only registered Islamic political party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, after months of violence that the government blamed on radical Islamism.
A socialist country doing this? In December, the parliament granted the president and his family life-long immunity from prosecution, giving Rahmon the title "Leader of the nation" and officially designating him "the founder of peace and national unity of Tajikistan".
---
I thought when they claimed independence, they were moving towards a transition economy with religious freedom?

I'll bet a lot of American conservatives would have no issue with doing something like that here, particularly the Trump Chumps.

Real conservatives don't shit on the Constitution.. Completely contradicts its meaning.

Great, know any?

 

[Skull Pilot]

If some government asshole told me to shave my beard he'd be walking out with a razor shoved up his ass