CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Seven men from an Amish splinter group in Ohio were arrested on federal hate crimes charges on Wednesday, accused of involvement in humiliating attacks on fellow Amish involving ...

CLEVELAND – A judge reduced the prison terms Monday for the leader of a breakaway Amish group and seven of his followers who chopped off the hair and beards of Amish people with whom they disagreed.

The author of several books about the Amish and other Anabaptist groups, Donald B. Kraybill is a Senior Fellow at the Young ...

MILLERSBURG, Ohio — The case against five members of a breakaway Amish group accused of forcefully cutting the beard of an Amish bishop in Ohio has been sent to felony court. According to The (Wooster ...

-Members of the Amish community in eastern Ohio are the subject of a federal investigation following a wave of Amish-on-Amish incidents, FBI spokeswoman Vicki Anderson confirmed to CNN Wednesday.Five ...

In Amish tradition, men’s beards and women’s hair carry religious significance — and once they’re married, men stop shaving and women stop trimming their hair. In fact, religious beliefs around hair ...

An English (non-Amish) man observes another man walking down the street — he is in plain dress, he wears suspenders and a hat ...