CAIRO — Call it the battle over beards. On one side are 106 heavily bearded police officers who say they are defending their right to follow the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad.

Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s strand of hair, a holy Muslim relic, which will be brought to Russia’s capital Moscow from North Caucasian Republic of Dagestan on January 25 for the first time ...

The relic will be delivered by charter flight from Russia's southern republic of Dagestan to Crocus City Hall for celebrations of "Mavlid-an-Nabi" on January 25 ...

Visual depiction of Prophet Muhammad is a sensitive issue for many Muslims. Islamic literature shows how Muslims used textual imagery to give a vivid picture of the prophet.