tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514670074360507153.post7058789989494454707..comments2023-07-29T06:30:40.592-04:00Comments on Those Headcoverings: "Headscarves, Secularism, and Religious Freedom"LisaM at ThoseHeadcoveringshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802987214219777442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514670074360507153.post-28277794416342726582008-08-28T22:32:00.000-04:002008-08-28T22:32:00.000-04:00Anon - I agree that about the photo id's of virtua...Anon - I agree that about the photo id's of virtually nothing. This article was the first place that I'd heard of other reasons for not wanting an id photo taken. I suppose there is something else that can be done for security and identification somehow.<BR/><BR/>That is interesting, about the facial hair. I knew of a preacher who was told, as a young man years ago, that he would not be allowed "in the pulpit" until he shaved. Cultures - oy! (I personally like the air of maturity the facial hair lends a man's appearance)LisaM at ThoseHeadcoveringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802987214219777442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514670074360507153.post-86236076215386744062008-08-28T22:20:00.000-04:002008-08-28T22:20:00.000-04:00Very interesting, but there's no reason to allow a...Very interesting, but there's no reason to allow any one to present themselves for an id photo in a niqab. It is obviously serves no purpose, since they can't be identified and the security concerns are considerable and justifiable. Ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>You may be interested to know that a benedictine monk, Mark Gruger, spent a year visiting Coptic monasteries in Egypt and because he arrived beardless, Pope Shenouda suggested he not leave the first monastery until he had grown a proper beard. Pope Shenouda said that no one in Egypt would take a beardless monk seriously. The opposite of that is American's deep distrust of politicians with facial hair...and if they're unmarried to boot?! Fuggedaboutit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com