Re: Is growing a beard "mandatory" for muslim men?
Nescio, If we showed our privates to the public to differentiate ourselves from others, then your suggestion would be valid.
But we dont, we look at people's faces, and figure. Not their private areas.
As for the Crow argument, that gets thrown around alot, I would like to see some references for it, as in that time period, the Umayyads, fatimids, and the Seljuks were not even united geographically let alone to get together to discuss crows. Impossible.
Mongols converted to Islam afterwards due to the hard work of the Scholars of that time. May Allah bless them.
But really, I would like to see some reference for this crow thing. We can have differences of opinions, just because they exist doesn't mean we're not united.