Amazing. There is a lot we don't know about Islam. If it was good enough for Arafat, it must be good enough for Abbas. Interestingly, going to jail must be a badge of honor; along with killing innocent people....Arab, Israeli, anyone... and raising your children to do the same.

Shaving a beard is an act of revolting against the nature of man, and imitating women

And of course, to be equated as a woman is the ultimate "insult". May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their beards.