people not liking my beard

[bubbadave3]

Boy, can I relate to you!  I'm 100% Middle Eastern, (Armenian), and go to an non-denominational church.  I was born in the States, and this woman at our church came up to me and told me that she's afraid of me because she's convinced that I'm a Middle Eastern terrorist!  She told me that I look like Saddam.  I told her that my relatives have been Christians for centuries, and that I am not a terrorist.  To this very day, she told me that I should trim my goat and that she'll ask me where my sheet is.  She'll even ask me if I've flown any planes into any buildings lately?  She's totally loopy!  I still have my goat.  I'm the one who has to live with it, and I like it.

by the way bubba, there is actually a very high population of armenians in syria. i have an aunt that is armenian and she speaks arabic and the armenian language.
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My grandmother came to the US via Haleb, (Aleppo).  She spoke both Armenian and Turkish.  I was Antiochian (Eastern) Orthodox for many years, and know some liturgical Arabic.

[xnewyawka]

they keep nagging me and saying tht i look like a terrorist

Syrian sly, what does a terrorist look like?  

truthfully,a terrorist can look like anybody.

Thank you. 

[balddaniel]

Don't worry about what other people think

[iangreenelee]

most Christian men in the Bible had a beard...

I had a neighbor who threatened to sue me all the time for little things.  To me, she was a terrorist!

[lifeinthesouth]

I can understand your problem I am of Lebanese decent myself so I am naturally a little darker skin tone than most people. My mother is Lebanese but my father is not. I have been told before when I grew my beard out a little that "all I needed was a towel on my head and I would look like a terrorist. So I would keep my beard very short and clean looking. I ended up shaving mainly because my wife didn't like it and well we all know the saying."If Momma ain't happy then nobody is happy."    Wasn't really the look I wanted anyway I was just curious as to what it looked like. 

[BaldWriterBob]

At the end of the day, it's what makes you happy that matters. It is truly unfortunate that people jump to conclusions based on how a person looks, or even how they speak.