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Passenger

(217 posts) Tue Jul 13, 2021, 05:37 PM Jul 2021

Turkish Islamic preacher says men without beards cause 'indecent thoughts' in other men [View all]

Turkish Islamic preacher says men without beards cause 'indecent thoughts' in other men because they look like women
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The Turkish preacher said that men need to grow beards to show they are male
He said that the confusion can happen because men and women dress similarly
Murat Bayaral spoke on TV show Fatih Medreseleri this weekend
Bayaral said that if a man was mistaken for a woman 'you could be possessed by indecent thoughts'

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Turkish Islamic preacher says men without beards cause 'indecent thoughts' in other men [View all] Passenger Jul 2021 OP

Religion gets more sick as the years go by. riversedge Jul 2021 #1

Fella Needs To Get Out More, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2021 #2

Yup. Passenger Jul 2021 #7

Somebody's projecting, methinks. Ocelot II Jul 2021 #3

So I guess we know now what turns him on Walleye Jul 2021 #4

Someone hasn't been to folsom street gay texan Jul 2021 #5

Oh, my. A glimpse of bare ankle, or bare cheek can drive men to unpure thought. brush Jul 2021 #6

Oddly enough very few Turkish men wear beards but comradebillyboy Jul 2021 #8

Methinks he doth repress too much. tanyev Jul 2021 #9

Apparently that preacher never heard of bears. Crowman2009 Aug 2021 #10

Not by that name of course, but I suspect ... Passenger Aug 2021 #11