Their religion would require it, at least if the stranger was a man.
The world's dominant religions require members to worship at least once a week and to attend a major festival every three months.
A religion requires discipline and raises the level of self-esteem.
Many religions require the ashes to be handled in dignified manner.
Why does your religion require you to cause pain to yourself?
What special requirements, if any, does your religion require?
Her school principal said that she could find no reason why the religion required her to wear the nose ring.
Science, after all, seeks to explain, while religion requires a leap of faith.
I do not believe that any religion which aims to do good could require something like this from its followers.
The religion is open to everyone and does not require new participants to partake in an initiation process.