{"id":102863,"date":"2020-07-29T10:13:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=102863"},"modified":"2020-07-29T10:13:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:13:34","slug":"sailor-allowed-to-grow-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=102863","title":{"rendered":"Sailor Allowed to Grow Beard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An article on Yahoo.com<\/a> by way of Military.com reports that a sailor was granted permission to wear a beard in support of his Muslim faith.<\/p>\n

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Sailor Gets OK to Grow 4-Inch Beard, Pushes Navy to Grant Career-Length Waiver<\/a><\/h5>\n

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Leo Katsareas can, for the first time in his Navy career, wear a beard consistent with his religious beliefs while in uniform — at least for now.<\/p>\n

The Navy’s personnel chief granted Katsareas, a Muslim sailor, a special grooming accommodation to grow his facial hair up to 4 inches long. Katsareas, who converted to Islam at age 16, believes his faith requires him to wear a fist-length beard.<\/p>\n

Getting the waiver wasn’t easy, though, and it applies only to Katsareas’ current assignment as an auxiliary security force member with the aircraft carrier George Washington. Once the petty officer moves on to a new duty station, he said, the special accommodation can be overturned.<\/p>\n

“The ongoing threat of being required to immediately shave places pressure on my religious beliefs,” Katsareas told Military.com. “Across the board, an accommodation geared toward a career rather than a single duty would better recognize the importance of religion to many sailors.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve often wondered if a US Navy sailor was a Muslim female and could be granted the right to wear a face covering hibab?\u00a0 The regulations may be clear up front and if those regulations get in the way of religious beliefs, they should not enlist.\u00a0 Who knows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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