They do that because they aren't supposed to shave their beard and leave the sideburns as being cautious because it's hard to tell when beard stops and hair begins. Except he still cut his beard. So he isn't observing his religion. He's being a faggot.
He cut his beard because they think God is dumb and can be easily tricked by sophistry and loopholes. See also [the wire they hang around their neighborhoods that they claim transforms the outside to inside.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruv)