Iraq military beard edict stirs religion debate

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi government decree banning soldiers and police from wearing beards on duty has revived a debate over religious practices in a country where sectarian divisions between Shi'ite and Sunni still fester close to the surface. Iraq has long allowed police and soldiers to wear beards to a certain length, but in April the interior ministry began ordering that they must be ...

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