Reports indicate the government is clamping down on facial hair on religious grounds,but the rules don’t seem to apply to all. Global Voices Online reportsRussia’s noteworthy moderniser Peter the noteworthy was responsible for one of history’s strangest tariffs: the beard tax.
Now, more than 300 years later Tajikistan’s president Emomali Rahmon is clamping down on facial hair with the same fervour, or seemingly linked to the governments ongoing campaign against the influence of Islam in Tajik society. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com