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'Cut it or I will burn it off': Russia police 'force three Muslim men to trim their beards..
Daily Mail ^ | March 14, 2013 | Amanda Williams

Posted on 05/08/2013 6:03:43 PM PDT by cunning_fish

Police officers in Russia forced three men in a Muslim cafe to cut their beards at gunpoint, it has been claimed. During an inspection of a Muslim cafe in the Russian city of Surgut police officers apparently threatened some visitors with automatic weapons and with a lighter. One of the men claims an officer held a lighter to his chin and told him 'cut it off or I will burn it off'. The incident allegedly took place on March 3 in the cafe located near a mosque as the men were eating after evening prayers. One of the men said he was forced to use scissors to cut off his long beard. It is believed there were 15 officers in masks and they arrived in four cars. According to Red Hot Russia, witnesses saw people in the uniform of riot police (OMON) burst into cafe place and force visitors onto their knees. Afterwards it claims several people were taken to the police station, where the law enforcement officers checked their documents. It is believed there has been an internal investigation launched by the Russian police. Russian news agencies have said the officers were implementing the rules of 'Peter the Great' who ruled the Tsardom of Russia in the late 1600s. He commanded all of his courtiers and officials to cut off their long beards and imposed an annual beard tax on those who refused.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bostonbombing; immigration; islam; jihad; marathonbombing; muslim; russia; wot
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1 posted on 05/08/2013 6:03:43 PM PDT by cunning_fish
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To: cunning_fish

Cool!!


2 posted on 05/08/2013 6:06:46 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: cunning_fish

Yes yes.

Go Russians.

Do to them whatever you wish.


3 posted on 05/08/2013 6:07:21 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: cunning_fish

Were they talking to the moooslim women or men? Not sure . . . . Love how the ruskies ain’t taking no moooslim $hit from them. Cut their beards with a rusty razor blade.


4 posted on 05/08/2013 6:09:05 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: cunning_fish
Russian news agencies have said the officers were implementing the rules of 'Peter the Great' who ruled the Tsardom of Russia in the late 1600s. He commanded all of his courtiers and officials to cut off their long beards and imposed an annual beard tax on those who refused.

Yes, he did:

I dunno. If they'd let us be I'd say let them be. But they won't.

5 posted on 05/08/2013 6:10:38 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: cunning_fish

Go Russia!


6 posted on 05/08/2013 6:11:57 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cunning_fish

Cut your beard or we will burn it off is the only option Nidal Hassan should have got.


7 posted on 05/08/2013 6:13:10 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: cunning_fish
I wish the Muslim women would burn their own burqas (sp?).
8 posted on 05/08/2013 6:14:10 PM PDT by District13 (I miss my country!)
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To: cunning_fish

I say tape them to a chair, apply hot wax, lay cloth over wax then rip the cloth off.


9 posted on 05/08/2013 6:14:42 PM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: cunning_fish

A friend of mine had a brother who went to the police academy with a mustache... the Drill Instructor told him to shave it or he would rub it off with a rock...lol


10 posted on 05/08/2013 6:14:45 PM PDT by ropin71 (God Bless our Troops!)
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To: cunning_fish

Rock n’ roll!


11 posted on 05/08/2013 6:15:08 PM PDT by bramps (Sarah Palin got more votes in 2008 than Mitt Romney got in 2012)
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To: cunning_fish

So why is this a problem?


12 posted on 05/08/2013 6:16:17 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (Hey Obama! It's all your fault now, you own it.)
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To: cunning_fish

Putin doesn’t like the muzzies. Off with their beards!


13 posted on 05/08/2013 6:16:47 PM PDT by Third Person (Welcome to Gaymerica.)
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To: cunning_fish

A “ beard tax” from Peter the Great time period makes this article feel like a hoax ...

Of course this is Russia... They do some strange things...


14 posted on 05/08/2013 6:18:09 PM PDT by JZoback
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To: cunning_fish
..claims a Russian officer held a lighter to his chin and told him 'cut it off or I will burn it off!.


15 posted on 05/08/2013 6:18:49 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
My first thought as well. I scrolled to see if others had the same idea before posting.

Although in a just world, the troops would be able to exercise their God given unalienable right to keep and bear arms. And, as soon as the muzzie POS shouted "allah akbar" and started to raise a weapon he should've been shot to hamburger.

16 posted on 05/08/2013 6:19:24 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: cunning_fish

Gee, that’s a shame. If it’s true, they should probably apologize or something.


17 posted on 05/08/2013 6:28:19 PM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: cunning_fish

The guys from Duck Dynasty would be in a fix if over there....


18 posted on 05/08/2013 6:30:47 PM PDT by deport
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>>>A “ beard tax” from Peter the Great time period makes this article feel like a hoax ...

Of course this is Russia... They do some strange things...<<<<

It has really happened. Arabs tried to make a big story out of it and filed a petition. A response from police dept was it has nothing to do with racism&profiling and officers has tried to enforce Peter’s law, defunct since earlier 1700s. “Officers underwent additional training to update their legal knowledge etc....No ground for disciplinary action”.
Muzzies thought it was a sneer from the police force.


19 posted on 05/08/2013 6:32:18 PM PDT by cunning_fish
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To: District13

Be careful what you wish for.


20 posted on 05/08/2013 6:35:33 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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