Show I 1 k A 11 religious law 1 it would be easier I 1 fancy writes looker on in n the cho london dally daily chronicle to recall instances of ot beards being forbidden by taw law than of their being ronde made compulsory ns its Is ie the case in n afghanistan according to a message from rona Kan kandahari dahar deards beards often have hare it a religious significance the really strict adherent ot of the alie jewish faith Is always bearded while priests of the russian Ilus orthodox church must wear heard beards and d allow their hair to grow as well more strictly speaking the canon canoa low law soya says that the hair must mu at never ue be cut from the day on which ordination takes place und and so the orthodox cleric is tree free to restrain an inconvenient growth of his tresses by judicious singeing from tine time to time I 1 |