Local Muslim stokes up anger

22nd April 2011

Locals are trying to push Abdul out from his goat farm

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A Muslim man has complained of harassment from the authorities and locals because of his bushy beard.

Abdul, a Dagestani citizen living near Warsaw, said that his luxuriant beard tends to set alarm bells ringing amongst Poles.

“People in Poland think if a Pole’s got a beard, that he’s OK because he’s either a priest or a homeless man,” he told the radio station TOK FM. “But if a Muslim has a beard, then he must be a terrorist. They are doing everything to drive me out.”

The Dagestani said that his neighbours have made it their business to take photographs of his home and the small plot of land that plays home to a number of goats and send the pictures with letters of ...

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