Amish beard-cutting: Shears cut symbol of manhood, expert says ... “The purpose of the meeting was the widespread recognition that there was something amiss,” Nolt said.

The Amish are likely the only bearded men you’ll see whose mustache areas are clean shaven — and the U.S. military is the reason why.

The first witness to take the stand this morning in the Amish hate crimes trial of Samuel Mullet Sr. and 15 co-defendants was the son of an Amish bishop who said he had his beard forcibly cut off ...

It was 11 at night on Oct. 4, 2011, when five Amish men knocked on the door of Myron Miller, a 46-year old bishop in an Amish community in Carroll County, Ohio. When he opened the door, the men ...

Federal prosecutors come close to wrapping up their case against Amish bishop Samuel Mullet and 15 of his followers, accused of hate crimes for cutting the beards and hair of nine religious ...

Federal prosecutors submitted a photo they say shows Amish attack. In it, one Amish man is attempting to forcibly remove another's beard. It was one of several attacks that exposed a rift in Ohio ...

A leader of a breakaway Amish community was sentenced to 15 years in prison for forcibly cutting the beards and hair of community members, a court clerk said. CNN values your feedback 1.

Ohio Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years. Kim Wendel, WKYC-TV, Cleveland. The 16 defendants were convicted of hate crimes; Mullet and his family cut the beards of those who defied him; ...

CLEVELAND — All 12 defendants charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio will close ranks and challenge the constitutionality of the federal hate crimes law, a member of the def… ...

Sixteen members of a breakaway Amish sect in Bergholz, Ohio, led by Sam Mullet, have been found guilty of planning and taking part in the attacks targeted the hair and beards of Amish bishops ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An elderly Amish man was attacked by his own son, who a sheriff said cut the man's hair and beard in the latest incident in a breakaway Amish community. The victim told ...

LOS ANGELES — To an outsider, an Amish man’s chest-length beard or an Amish woman’s long locks might not appear all that remarkable. But they hold great religious significance to the Amish ...