* Will this result in beardophobia?
Suez knifing stirs fears of 'moral' policing in Egypt
Tuesday 3 Jul 2012
Twenty-year-old engineering student Ahmed Said was stabbed to death on Sunday in the Egyptian canal city of Suez – allegedly by bearded men – while walking with his fiancée.
According to eyewitnesses, Said was attacked by three men with long beards and dressed in galabiyas – attire generally associated with religious Muslims – while walking with his fiancée near the centrally-located Arbeen Square.
More bearded religious muslims at Ahram Online
