Any vendor who knowingly makes false claims about their products is committing fraud, which is illegal in the US, EU and, I imagine, Turkey -- where, furthermore, from what I hear, they could have an even bigger problem due to using a product much of the Muslim marketplace might find offensive. But, perhaps these brushes are a mix of horse and boar, or are from a swinish breed of Turkish horse.... Can't wait to see what the inevitable scientist has to say upon testing of the hairs. They certainly do look just like the Jaguar boar brushes, now that I've researched it a bit.
According to Jewish law, food must conform to kosher laws (which are fairly voluminous and detailed). While observant Jews may not eat an unkosher animal such as a boar or anything prepared with boar products (such as a whipped cream whipped with a boar brush), they can use a boar brush to brush their hair, or a wear pigskin shoes, or throw a pigskin football, ride a horse, have and dog, etc. There are some who follow a heightened observance, going beyond the letter of Jewish law in an abundance of piety, and avoid non-kosher animals and non-kosher personal care products, especially those which might accidentally get in the mouth, such as shaving soap/cream. I would imagine, therefore, they prefer synthetic hair brushes as well. Since neither horse nor badger is an animal considered kosher for food, and thus, those avoiding boar's bristle shaving brushes for reasons of kosher observance would (I expect) also avoid horse and badger for the same reasons. Then again, women using a shaving brush for shaving their legs, would have virtually no danger of getting shaving cream in their mouth, and thus should have no problem using boar, horse, and badger brushes.
UPDATE: I posed this situation to a Pakistani friend who's a fairly religious Muslim. He says that the Turks' level of Islamic identity and observance are considered light by much of the Islamic world. He feels most Turks wouldn't care all that much about using a boar bristle shaving brush, and those who might probably wouldn't make a big deal about it. It would be Muslims in other countries who might.
According to Jewish law, food must conform to kosher laws (which are fairly voluminous and detailed). While observant Jews may not eat an unkosher animal such as a boar or anything prepared with boar products (such as a whipped cream whipped with a boar brush), they can use a boar brush to brush their hair, or a wear pigskin shoes, or throw a pigskin football, ride a horse, have and dog, etc. There are some who follow a heightened observance, going beyond the letter of Jewish law in an abundance of piety, and avoid non-kosher animals and non-kosher personal care products, especially those which might accidentally get in the mouth, such as shaving soap/cream. I would imagine, therefore, they prefer synthetic hair brushes as well. Since neither horse nor badger is an animal considered kosher for food, and thus, those avoiding boar's bristle shaving brushes for reasons of kosher observance would (I expect) also avoid horse and badger for the same reasons. Then again, women using a shaving brush for shaving their legs, would have virtually no danger of getting shaving cream in their mouth, and thus should have no problem using boar, horse, and badger brushes.
UPDATE: I posed this situation to a Pakistani friend who's a fairly religious Muslim. He says that the Turks' level of Islamic identity and observance are considered light by much of the Islamic world. He feels most Turks wouldn't care all that much about using a boar bristle shaving brush, and those who might probably wouldn't make a big deal about it. It would be Muslims in other countries who might.
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