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Posted: 8/10/2014 8:55:23 AM EDT
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http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1132647_Restrepo___red_beards.html
It is henna. Its religious thing. VR, Andrew DYEGB |
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Posted: 8/10/2014 11:05:45 AM EDT
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It's hard to get a straight answer but tradition, because Muhammad did, and/or because they don't want their otherwise grey beard to make them look old.
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Posted: 8/10/2014 11:09:14 AM EDT
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Mohammad was a ginger.
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Posted: 8/10/2014 11:21:16 AM EDT
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Here is the real explanation.
A) Moooo-hamed was a Ginger according to legend. B) However, those who have made the Hajj (all devout Muslims are required to pilgrimage at least once in their life) to Mecca are allowed to dye their beards as a status symbol. C) Red beards have a 100% correlation with being boy rapists interestingly enough. Tidbit: For hundreds and thousands of years before Islam was invented, Jews and Christians used to face the direction of Jerusalem to pray. The muslims simply expropriated this Jewish/Chrisitian tradition and face Mecca. |
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Posted: 8/10/2014 1:52:27 PM EDT
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Here is the real explanation. A) Moooo-hamed was a Ginger according to legend. B) However, those who have made the Hajj (all devout Muslims are required to pilgrimage at least once in their life) to Mecca are allowed to dye their beards as a status symbol. C) Red beards have a 100% correlation with being boy rapists interestingly enough. Tidbit: For hundreds and thousands of years before Islam was invented, Jews and Christians used to face the direction of Jerusalem to pray. The muslims simply expropriated this Jewish/Chrisitian tradition and face Mecca. A) Maybe. B) Possible but not strictly followed. C) Not so much. I'll ask one of 'em tomorrow...answers vary based on why that particular guy is doing it. |
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Posted: 8/10/2014 8:09:50 PM EDT
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Oh so it's a religious/status thing. And killerb6, what do you mean you'll ask them tomorrow? Are you over there right now? Will you tell them that a white guy in Oklahoma wants to know why they're trying to be emo?
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Posted: 8/10/2014 9:02:54 PM EDT
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Oh so it's a religious/status thing. And killerb6, what do you mean you'll ask them tomorrow? Are you over there right now? Will you tell them that a white guy in Oklahoma wants to know why they're trying to be emo? Yes, yes, yes...and YES! |
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Posted: 8/11/2014 6:05:05 AM EDT
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Yes, yes, yes...and YES! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Oh so it's a religious/status thing. And killerb6, what do you mean you'll ask them tomorrow? Are you over there right now? Will you tell them that a white guy in Oklahoma wants to know why they're trying to be emo? Yes, yes, yes...and YES! Whoa, I don't know why that surprised me I wasn't really expecting to talk to someone who's actually there. The internet is a very powerful thing. |
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Posted: 8/11/2014 12:37:27 PM EDT
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Whoa, I don't know why that surprised me I wasn't really expecting to talk to someone who's actually there. The internet is a very powerful thing. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Oh so it's a religious/status thing. And killerb6, what do you mean you'll ask them tomorrow? Are you over there right now? Will you tell them that a white guy in Oklahoma wants to know why they're trying to be emo? Yes, yes, yes...and YES! Whoa, I don't know why that surprised me I wasn't really expecting to talk to someone who's actually there. The internet is a very powerful thing. Give me another day. |
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Posted: 8/11/2014 6:24:46 PM EDT
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Lol ok. How are you talking to them if you don't mind me asking. Like are you walking around in a village in battle rattle, at base doing something or what? Again if you don't mind me asking. (Please excuse my ignorance)
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Posted: 8/11/2014 6:30:29 PM EDT
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I was told that there is a story, in the Hadith, that some followers came to Mohammed and asked if it would be okay to dye their beards, Mohammed said go ahead and knock yourself out, but don't use black dye because that is what the fucking infidels and heathen Romans do.
As an aside there are MANY natural red heads in eastern Afghanistan, especially in the old mountain tribes. Lots of the kohistanis, nuristanis and pashai-i have red hair and green eyes. Even the Pashtun look like Europeans and consider themselves white, especially in the east. |
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Posted: 8/12/2014 3:33:31 AM EDT
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The problem with asking (an Afghan) a question like this is his answer will depend on his background/culture.
I didn't broach the emo subject with the guy I talked to today, but he said a) Muhammad had red hair and b) it is now tradition. I asked about young, old, covering up the gray and the answer was just tradition. |
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