Islamic Radicals Hunt Barbers in Baghdad Mon Feb 7, 2:05 AM ET By OMAR SINAN, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Umm Ali says militants killed her son last month for the most unlikely of reasons: He trims men's beards. In Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, residents say Sunni Muslim extremists have made barbers the new hunted, accusing them of violating a strict reading of Islamic teachings that say men should keep their beards long.