November 25, 2011
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FBI Accuses Amish of Beard Cutting
The leader of a breakaway Amish group allowed the beatings of those who disobeyed him, made some members sleep in a chicken coop and had sexual relations with married women to “cleanse them,” federal authorities said Wednesday as they charged him and six others with hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks against other Amish.
Several members of the group carried out the attacks in September, October and November by forcibly cutting the beards and hair of Amish men and women and then taking photos of them.
Cutting the hair is a highly offensive act to the Amish, who believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men to grow beards and stop shaving once they marry. One victim told the FBI he would rather have been “beaten black and blue than to suffer the disfigurement and humiliation of having his hair removed.”
Comments (5)
I read this story last night. While I’m deeply saddened and shocked at this group’s targeted, purposeful and malicious attacks…
I had to laugh when I found out the leader’s name was Mullet.
But really, there’s nothing funny about hate crimes. Nothing funny at all. That’s not okay.
Cult leaders…
Can’t stand it when someone does stuff like this and leads others to do it with them.
that is for sure strange
And people claim I am evil for wishing to crush religion. Even after reading that sick shit up there, do you all STILL believe my desire to be that of an evil person? WTF?
@firetyger - Then you should be envious of my chosen ideology. Shit like this wouldn’t happen in my fascist utopia.