[Raine]

mo_focus,Nov 12 2005, 03:50 PM Wrote:Al with all do respect your name is not Mohamad. so shut up. Plus one more thing. When they find out that i'm persian they ask me if i have any persian carpets as well.

Dammmmmm ppl. I usally just hand over the latex gloves, atleast this way i'm safe :)
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Mo, you forget, my father is muslim, and my name as listed on the drivers license, birth certificate, and all other ID is "Ali"... that's just as Muslim as Mohammed/Mohamad.

I haven't gone by that for years as I do not follow the religion to which the name has connotation, however it is what the border guys see... I've been stopped and questioned at the airport about it because I travel on an Irish passport with a Muslim name, having been born in Canada and my last trip (before the one this summer) out of country was to Turkey... doesn't really add up. Believe me I feel your pain.