Federal
authorities have arrested seven men in Ohio on federal hate crime
charges in hair-cutting attacks against the Amish. Authorities arrested
the men Wednesday morning at their compound in eastern Ohio. Authorities
say members of a breakaway Amish group forcibly cut the beards and hair
of several Amish men and women in recent months. Among those arrested
were the breakaway group’s leader and three of his sons. Forcibly
cutting hair is highly offensive 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.
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