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.

Under Amish tradition, men no longer cut their beards after they're married. Abdalla says yet another incident involved the clan arriving in horse trailers at Amish homes in Carroll and Holmes County.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Amish bishop Samuel Mullet was convicted Thursday of federal hate crimes and conspiracy for exhorting followers to forcibly shear the hair and beards of those who opposed his ...

On Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2013 hate-crime conviction against 15 members of an Amish separatist group who forcibly cut the beards of others in their faith. The ...

Beards are part of religious identity for Amish men. The victims of the recent attacks in Ohio are opponents of Sam Mullet, leader of a reclusive group experts describe as cultlike and abusive.

A group of religious castoffs has been attacking fellow Amish, cutting off their hair and beards in an apparent feud over spiritual differences, a sheriff in eastern Ohio said Thursday.

Leader of breakaway Amish group, 6 others in Ohio face hate crimes charges for allegedly cutting other believers' hair, beards Latest U.S.

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.

In Amish culture, facial hair is a sign of a man's marital status. Young men are required to remain clean-shaven until they ...