They kill barbers don't they?

In Afghanistan and now in Iraq, they have been killing barbers. Barbers used to do cicumcisions. So they are considered a bit unclean. Barbers are in the same caste as musicians, a step above prostitutes. Barbers also shave beards. Good Muslims are supposed to have beards. My Jordanian-American friend can't grow a beard to save his life, pun intended. My friend's uncle, who is a very devout Muslim, and believes that every good Muslim man must have a beard, told my friend that he should not grow a beard. That's how bad my friend's beard looks.