New Delhi, Jan 18 (Indianmuslims.info) Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has welcomed the Chandigarh High Court verdict reinstating Haryana policeman Satyapal Khan, who had been dismissed for wearing beard.

The Jamiat general secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani, in a statement released here Wednesday, termed the verdict as ‘victory of justice and religious freedom’ as sporting beard is a religious injunction for Muslims.

“Dismissing an employee from his services due only to his sporting beard is violation of religious freedom guaranteed in the Constitution,� Mr. Madani remarked.
Haryana police had dismissed Satyapal Khan for sporting beard on April 28, 2005.