21.   The forehead should be free of hair so as not to interfere when a man prays and touches his forehead to his prayer mat.

22.   The Taliban also demand that men pray in the mosque and grow beards.

23.   The Taliban espouse a rigid form of Islam that banishes women from schools and the work force, and requires men to pray in the mosque and grow beards.

24.   They require men to pray at the mosque, wear a beard and a head covering.

25.   Kalashnikovs are stacked against the wall as men pray inside.