No Beard, Period

[Katrian Muhammad, Delhi]

I wish Pakistan could ban all beards in the name of Islam. SA

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SC says no beard in school, doesn't want 'Talibanisation'


Press Trust Of India


TimePublished on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 20:54, Updated on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 21:03 in India section


Supreme Court, Muslims , New Delhi


SUPREME OBSERVATION: SC Justice Katju said religious beliefs cannot be overstretched.


New Delhi: Rejecting the plea of a Muslim student that he should be permitted to sport beard in his convent school, the Supreme Court observed secularism cannot be overstretched and that "Talibanisation" of the country cannot be permitted.


"We don't want to have Talibans in the country. Tomorrow a girl student may come and say that she wants to wear a burqa, can we allow it?" Justice Markandeya Katju speaking for a bench headed by Justice Raveendran observed.


While asserting he was a secularist, Justice Katju said religious beliefs cannot be overstretched.


"I am secularist. We should strike a balance between rights and personal beliefs. We cannot overstretch secularism," the judge, known for his incisive remarks said.


Justice Katju passed the obsesrvation while dismissing the petition of the student. Mohammad Salim of Nirmala Convent Higher Secondary School, a government-recognised minority institution in Madhya Pradesh, sought quashing of the school regulation requiring students to be clean-shaven.


Challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict that had earlier dismissed his plea, Salim submitted that every citizen was entitled to follow his religious principles and that no one should restrain him from doing so in a secular country like India.


Salim's counsel Justice (retd) B A Khan argued before the bench that sporting beard was an indispensable part of Islam.


But Justice Katju was apparently not impressed with the argument and quipped "But you (Khan) don't sport a beard?" the judge asked the counsel.

[Prathiba Sudaram, India]

Dear all,


Sherwani Saheb is right. School has the right to impose its rules.

The question here is the Justice's remarks on Talibanism.

Is Beard and Burqa is the symbol of Talibanism?

Is the beard sporting men and Burqa bearing women are Talibans?

Has they (bearded men & burqa waring women) have no place in this country?


Then


Let this Markaendayan make an immediate order to oust Manmohan Singh, SriSri Ravishanker, Modi and Swami Ramdev from this country.


Justice is getting salary from exchequer and he should control himself. He can't speak like 'varun' son of meneka.


Afterall this is just not a religious issue. There is some fundamental issue related in it. Indian men and women (citizens) has the right to choose there dress code. No Justice has the right to call a beared man or burqa wearing woman, a taliban. Talibanism is such intolerent and imposing tendencies shown by markandeyan. He is a Talibanist and should be ousted from this great land. Say truth in plain language. Mullas makes thousands wrong, that didn't justify this justice's dark mindset.


Prathiba


(Educated people should take an issue in its totality. As an Indian (to me), the comments of Markandeyan is deplorable)