Beards not optional
Via LGF:

And I just got my trimmer for Christmas, too. Heh.
Islamic Radicals Hunt Barbers in Baghdad.Forget purple fingers, show your solidarity with the WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY by standing a bit closer to the razor.
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Some extremists also consider Western-style haircuts an offensive symbol of the hated, secularized culture of Europe and the United States.
To them, sporting a clipped beard or a modern haircut is an infraction worthy of death.

And I just got my trimmer for Christmas, too. Heh.