I know the rule on beards in highschool wrestling...

but can they discriminate on a religous group that it is part of that religon or culture to grow beards???

I ask because my cousin in Wisconson got a forgien exchange student from Iraq..and is actually a Muslin- a GREAT freestyle wrestler he told me. He said that Abdal (the student) never had a problem over seas with his beard- because he said his father and culture encourages him to have one... and he doesn't want to dissapoint.

What would you, as the ref, do in this situation???