To shave or not to shave...

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While I’m aware that tonsures were no longer required since 1973 or so, I was wondering if before that time, did priest AND monks wear tonsures - around the 17th and 18th centuries? Or was it something that only monks wore?
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John_Lazarus said:
Why not?
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Sorry, in Australia we are right in the middle of a backlash against Muslims. Attacks on Mosques, schools etc. It is a terrible fracture of a usually peaceful, pluralist society. A full beard often differentiates a Muslim from “Us”. It is very sad. A Muslim was shot dead trying to behead a policeman. People are not impressed, but violence and ostracism is not the answer.
 
Petaro said:
Sorry, in Australia we are right in the middle of a backlash against Muslims. Attacks on Mosques, schools etc. It is a terrible fracture of a usually peaceful, pluralist society. A full beard often differentiates a Muslim from “Us”. It is very sad. A Muslim was shot dead trying to behead a policeman. People are not impressed, but violence and ostracism is not the answer.
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Yeah…I remember after 9/11, some great patriots shot dead a Sikh and a Greek Orthodox priest, IIRC.
 
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