The Hair Police: Coming to a Mosque or Church near you.

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

You were not allowed to have your hair down?
I can just imagine the thought process that went into that one....



In most cases a lot of "You know, if there was something that offended you about me, I hope you would tell me......" then there was the incident when most of us were kicked off the bible quiz team (not a great loss since we didn't even want to be ON it but it was the 'thing to do' if you were a yute back then and virtually required) for turning on the TV in a hotel room.

Were you read your Miranda rights??? Was there any brutality?

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

You were not allowed to have your hair down?
I can just imagine the thought process that went into that one....



In most cases a lot of "You know, if there was something that offended you about me, I hope you would tell me......" then there was the incident when most of us were kicked off the bible quiz team (not a great loss since we didn't even want to be ON it but it was the 'thing to do' if you were a yute back then and virtually required) for turning on the TV in a hotel room.

This reminds me of when our choir went on a trip and someone marched across the lobby of the hotel we were in and turned off the television, even though there were people watching it that just happened to be there and were not Pentecostal. I just sat there with my mouth open and tried not to look Pentecostal (which is easy since I am a guy, I just messed my hair up).

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Originally Posted by Sheltiedad

This reminds me of when our choir went on a trip and someone marched across the lobby of the hotel we were in and turned off the television, even though there were people watching it that just happened to be there and were not Pentecostal. I just sat there with my mouth open and tried not to look Pentecostal (which is easy since I am a guy, I just messed my hair up).

Did you have enough time to grow facial hair ??... that would have really thrown them off.

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Did you have enough time to grow facial hair ??... that would have really thrown them off.

Nope, I grew that for Y2K when I was traveling like crazy... I had never had one before then. Everyone else seemed to like it so much that I kept it.

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This reminds me of when our choir went on a trip and someone marched across the lobby of the hotel we were in and turned off the television, even though there were people watching it that just happened to be there and were not Pentecostal. I just sat there with my mouth open and tried not to look Pentecostal (which is easy since I am a guy, I just messed my hair up).

I find that just sickening!
Thats the difference between some Pentecostals and Jesus. One person decides to make a big show about how "Pent-ee-COST-ols!" will not even be seen in the same room with a TV that is ON! -and Jesus probably would have gone over, sat down, and watched it with the others! At least for a little while.

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

I find that just sickening!
Thats the difference between some Pentecostals and Jesus. One person decides to make a big show about how "Pent-ee-COST-ols!" will not even be seen in the same room with a TV that is ON! -and Jesus probably would have gone over, sat down, and watched it with the others! At least for a little while.

*GASP*!!! Blasphemy!

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Kashmir protests over holy hair

Thursday, 14 March, 2002, 18:52 GMT


Guarding the Hazratbal shrine


There has been a second day of protests in Indian-administered Kashmir after a Hindu member of parliament was reported as saying a holy Muslim relic belonged to Hindus. Police in the city of Srinagar used tear gas to disperse Muslim protesters - a number of people were reported to have suffered minor injuries.

The protests centre around a hair that Muslims believe comes from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad which is housed Srinagar's Hazratbal shrine.

An MP from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the main party in India's governing coalition, was quoted in the Asian Age newspaper as saying the hair actually belongs to a Hindu priest.


The hair "must be returned" to Hindus, he said, according to the paper.

Prosecution threat
Reuters news agency now reports that staff in the office of the MP, Vinay Katiyar, deny he ever made the comments.




Local lawyers say they will try to prosecute Mr Katiyar, according to the AFP news agency.

"If the magistrate permits we will file a case in the court soon," Imdad Saqi said.

Kashmir's Chief Minister, Farooq Abdullah, has called for the police to take action against Mr Katiyar, AFP says.
"I would say such persons should be arrested as they pose a threat to the nation's unity."

A Kashmir students' group has called for a one-day strike on Friday in further protest at Mr Katiyar's alleged remarks.

Muslims believe the hair was brought to Kashmir by a local trader in the 17th century.

Bombs and clashes

Elsewhere in the state, police say two children were killed in a bomb explosion after people gathered at a disused house where militants had been involved in a gun battle with the security forces.

Another 25 people - most of them children - were wounded in the blast in the southern district of Pulwama.

Seven of the injured were taken to Srinagar for medical treatment.

The authorities say 13 people have been killed in clashes across the state, including five militants and one policeman.