In the Sikh religion, a beard signifies their commitment to the religion. The Rehat Maryada explicitly forbids cutting or shaving any body hair for initiated Sikhs.
Humanists UK has called on the UN Human Rights Council to take greater action to protect the human rights of religious and non-religious minority groups in Afghanistan facing persecution in the wake of the Taliban takeover.
“The mayor of the greatest city in the world needs protection 24 hours a day seven days a week because of the colour of his skin and the god he worships. That can’t be right.”
