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I was actually thinking
maybe we could
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say a prayer together
before we eat.
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Are you trying to say grace?
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I see them do it
on Country Music Channel.
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No, I‐it's not grace.
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Sheikh Ali taught me
this prayer,
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and I thought maybe we could
do it together as a family.
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Since when do you care
what we do as a family?
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Should be close our eyes
or keep them open?
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I think closed feels better.
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Yeah, he didn't really say
anything about
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open or closed eyes,
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so I‐I think it's...
whatever you want.
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Uh, people...
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Um.
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I thought maybe we could talk
about stuff we're thankful for.
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Stop.
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Eat your meat
before it gets cold.
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I gotta go to the Center
to study with the sheikh.
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We're doing a halukka.
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I told him I'd see him tomorrow.
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Mom, is this chicken halal?
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What do you mean?
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Like, w‐where did you
get it from?
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I get it from the store.
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Yeah, I know.
I just didn't know which store,
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'cause sometimes you go
to the supermarket,
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sometimes you go to the Nouri.
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You know, I'm trying
to be more careful
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about what I'm eating.
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Ramy, you're asking
too many questions.
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The chicken's really good, Mom.
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It is halal. I know it is.
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Even if it's not.
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That water over there
is just done boiling.
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Could you pour it
in the cups for me, please?
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Yeah, sure.
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Inshallah.
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And then, brother,
just add the mix.
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Trying to see if these are the
kind that have gelatin in them.
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It's not in the ingredients,
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but sometimes they just
stick it in the preservatives.
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Tetrasodium.
Does that have gelatin in it?
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Um... not to my knowledge, sir.
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But I could‐‐
I could look it up.
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That's all right.
Allah knows my intentions.
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It will enhance the taste,
inshallah.
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No Sharia in New Jersey!
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No Sharia in New Jersey!
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No Sharia in New Jersey!
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No Sharia...
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Peace be upon you, brothers.
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I know it's cold outside,
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so brother Ramy and I
made you some hot chocolate.
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What? No. Fuck you.
My pop is layin' out here.
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He don't want to be buried
next to this shit.
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Hey, man, don't‐‐don't talk
to him like that.
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It's okay. We understand.
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We'll leave these right here.
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If you want them, they're yours.
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All right?
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Have a nice day.
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We ain't drinking that.
Ain't drinking shit.
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No Sharia in New Jersey!
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No Sharia in New Jersey!
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This space used to be a church,
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but they were going to foreclose
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and relieve them of the lease.
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But the interpretation
is that we stole their church.
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Yeah, maybe we should
call the cops.
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I don't know, that guy
seemed kind of violent,
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and I feel like
giving them hot chocolate
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maybe brings more
of them, right?
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If they know
there's hot chocolate here,
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then they just kind
of start coming, like‐‐.
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Who's our example, Ramy? Um...
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There was a woman who used
to throw trash every day
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outside the house
of the holy Prophet.
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Peace be upon him. The Prophet.
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Peace be upon him. Yes.
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He would walk outside.
She'd throw the trash.
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He would clear the path.
Never said a word.
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And one day, he came home.
There was no trash.
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He got concerned.
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He went over to the woman's home
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and found that she was
gravely ill.
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He prayed for her,
nursed her back to health.
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She was so overwhelmed
by this act of generosity,
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she embraced our Prophet.
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She accepted Islam.
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If there's anything
that may show these men
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that we're not their enemy,
it may be that hot chocolate.
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S‐so you think the hot chocolate
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might make them Muslim?
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Only God knows.
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But they're not beyond our love.
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In the meantime,
just pray for them, Ramy.
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Y‐yeah, inshallah.
I‐I want to pray for them.
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It's just... one of those guys
has a sign
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that says the Prophet's
a pedophile.
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Do you believe the Prophet
was a pedophile?
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No, no, I.
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Deep down inside, I don't think
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those men out there
believe that either.
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But right now, they're just
so consumed by their fear.
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I know it might seem odd
to pray for these people,
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but trying to help those
who can't help themselves
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is sometimes the only path
for our own heart.
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"Help others, and Allah will
help you with your struggles."
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Our bay'ah, our bond requires
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that we try to help
those who are lost.
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Ah... they're drinking
the hot chocolate.
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He found the marshmallows.
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Alhamdulillah.
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Man, I knew
this dude in med school.
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He took the bay'ah.
He went down the Sufi path.
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He never came back.
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Third year, he stopped
practicing medicine,
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he gave it all up.
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I already stopped
practicing medicine, okay?
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I already threw everything away.
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Why are you so extreme
with everything, man?
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Everything with you, dude.
You're, like,
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the most emotional,
extreme Muslim I've ever met.
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You're extreme with girls.
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It's like you're Ryan Gosling
in a movie.
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It's always‐‐it's like
a deep end with you.
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You just go, all heart.
I don't get it.
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Let's just stop talking
about me.
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How are you?
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What?
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W‐what's going on with you?
Hey, what's up, guys?
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Ramy just asked me
how I was doing.
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What the fuck's wrong with you?
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What are you talking about?
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You're the most
self‐obsessed person I know!
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All right? You don't really
care about how we feel.
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You only ask when you want some.
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But when you asked right now,
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it's like you actually
meant it; It was weird.
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I did mean it, man. Seriously.
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How are you?
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No. I'm not ready to tell you.
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Hey, Mo. Yeah.
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This guy at the counter
wants to talk to you.
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He's literally
not leaving me alone.
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Fuck's sake. Man.
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This weird‐ass guy
keeps coming in here
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every fucking couple of weeks.
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Just a glass of water, lemons,
and then begs me for a job.
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Why is he wearing
a Verizon shirt?
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I don't know‐‐
I think it's the last job
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he had or something.
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He came in here a few weeks ago
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and told me his whole
sob story‐‐I don't know.
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Is Verizon selling Polos?
I'd get one, man.
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You ever go in the store
and see the workers?
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They look so comfortable.
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What the fuck is wrong with you?
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Why won't you give him a job?
I mean, if he keeps coming?
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I'm trying, okay?
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But there's a standard
that I have to uphold, okay?
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And the guy's
basically homeless.
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Dude, if he's homeless,
that's even more reason
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to help him, man.
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We always talk about
being Muslim, right?
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That means we gotta
help other people.
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We gotta make room for them
in our hearts.
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We gotta pray for them
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even more than we pray
for ourselves, right?
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I appreciate your holier‐
than‐fucking‐thou attitude.
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You go pray for a couple weeks
and you come back
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like you're just, like,
"Oh, I'm such a saint."
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Fuck off, all right? Fuck off.
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All right, you know what?
If you're not gonna help him,
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I'm gonna talk to him and see
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- if I can do something.
- Ramy
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I have a bad feeling
about this guy.
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I just don't trust him. Okay?
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I'm gonna go talk to him.
All right.
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It's your life. Fuck it.
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My palms are sweaty.
Shut the fuck up.
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Hey, man.
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Hey, I'm, uh, Ramy. What's up?
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Dennis. You work with Mo?
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Uh, no, no.
I'm just‐‐I'm just friends.
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Yeah, it's great to meet you.
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Yeah. Um, I got a résumé here
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if you want to check it out.
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Got a lot of experience
doing technical work
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if anything needs to be
fixed around the diner.
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Uh, I can clean
just about anything,
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make it look brand‐new.
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Dude, it's cool.
I don't need to see it.
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I just, uh, wanted
to get to know you.
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Is this, like, uh...
part of the interview,
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like a personality test
or something?
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No, it's not. I'm just curious.
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Like, are you from around here
or you got family here?
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I mean, I grew up in Wayne.
Um...
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Don't have much family left.
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Just an uncle, but he moved
down to Florida with Camille.
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I mean, I‐I'm pretty close too.
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Like, Wayne's a couple towns
over from me.
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So you been‐‐you been living
there the whole time?
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Nah, I'm, uh,
I'm actually kind of
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between places right now,
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you know, kind of trying
to figure that out.
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But I can be anywhere.
You know, I'm never late, sir.
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Are you, um
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are you hungry? You want
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you want something to eat?
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This is good, man.
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I haven't eaten chicken
like this in forever.
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Been livin' off hot dogs
from Roadside.
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Me and my dog,
I split it with her‐‐Boomer.
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I got to save some of this,
actually.
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She loves chicken.
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We'll‐‐we'll get her
some food to go.
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Seriously, just eat
the whole sandwich.
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You're a kind man.
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You are.
You remind me of this guy,
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Majid, I met in Iraq.
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A really good man.
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You‐‐you were a soldier in Iraq?
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Yeah, how did you know that?
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I‐I just figured it's not
really like a vacation spot,
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so... Yeah.
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Hey, could you
please tell Mo that,
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you know, don't believe
them guys at Verizon.
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That was
a huge misunderstanding.
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No, of course, yeah. I won't‐‐.
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I‐I'm not looking for much,
you know.
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I'll work for cheap.
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I'm just trying to get myself
a spot for me and my dog
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and get my meds, that's it‐‐
nothing fancy.
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Um... no, I know, man.
I really‐‐I want to help you.
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I‐I feel like I should,
and I think I might know
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a place
where we can get you a job.
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I‐I can't guarantee it,
but I‐I'll try.
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Oh, man... ha.
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Uh, yeah, thank you.
I'll do anything.
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I'm going to introduce you
to the sheikh,
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and I know there's
gotta be something
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you can do at the Center.
Yeah, thank you.
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You know, you never think
you could end up
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living in your car,
but it can happen to anyone.
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Yeah.
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Ooh.
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Ooh...
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Oh...
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W‐what's going on, man?
Mm, I just‐‐uh...
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Just give me one second, okay?
254
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Yeah, yeah, what's happening?
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I just‐‐I haven't heard
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that prayer sound since Iraq,
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and I'm looking at you,
and I'm seeing Majid.
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It's just kind of
bugging me out, man.
259
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Well, yeah, no.
That makes sense, right?
260
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Majid was your friend, and
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the prayer goes off
in Iraq a lot, so I get that.
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De‐‐Dennis.
Dennis, What's wrong, man?
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When I hear that Allah sound,
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it just‐‐mm‐‐makes me‐‐
I don't know, man.
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Just‐‐it makes me want
to act violent.
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I mean, I get that, man.
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The call to prayer has been,
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you know, really manipulated
by the media.
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And they tie it to violence,
so t‐that‐‐I‐I get that.
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Yeah, but why does somebody
have to do this shit?
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Why does someone have to go
through all this shit?
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I don't understand it, man.
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I don't know why I was
over in fucking Iraq.
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It don't make no sense to me.
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Yeah, I mean, it was
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it was probably
'cause of the oil.
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But... but w‐we need oil, man.
278
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You know, everyone
always talks about Iraq
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with some sort of conspiracy
theory where they're like,
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"Oh, you know, we were only
over there because of the oil."
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And it's like, well, yeah.
'Cause we needed it.
282
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You know, like,
everything runs on oil.
283
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I fucking killed Majid, man.
I killed him.
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O‐oh, your
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I went into that building
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and I just started
fucking firing, man.
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You just start
fucking firing, firing.
288
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You hit anything that moves,
man, woman, dog‐‐don't matter.
289
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And then I just saw him, man,
and I did it to him.
290
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I pulled the trigger, you know?
291
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I don't deserve any forgiveness.
292
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I don't deserve this shit.
293
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You don't understand what I did.
294
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I mean, I definitely
understand what you did.
295
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Yeah, but I fucking
hurt people, man.
296
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You know, everybody
deserves forgiveness.
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This religion, this space,
it's all about forgiveness,
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and I know that the sheikh's
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gonna figure something out
for you, okay?
300
00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,930
So I'm gonna go in there,
and I'll talk to him for you.
301
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You can just stay out here
and just
302
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just catch your breath
for a sec, all right?
303
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And, um...
304
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And maybe when you talk to him,
305
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just don't mention
a lot of this stuff.
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Like, I'll give him‐‐
I'll give him,
307
00:13:23,064 --> 00:13:25,377
you know‐‐I'll fill him in,
but for you,
308
00:13:25,401 --> 00:13:27,298
I‐I don't want you to think
about this anymore.
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I just want you to start
a new chapter, yeah?
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Like... you can be new.
311
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Oh, yeah,
that's what I want, man.
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I wanna be new.
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Okay.
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He just really needs someone
to give him a chance.
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I‐I've always felt that
316
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in order to be the best Muslims
that we can be,
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we have to help people
in need, you know?
318
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And I know you and I have
talked about that a little bit,
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and I just really think that
Dennis is in a vulnerable place
320
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and someone
has to give him a chance.
321
00:14:12,747 --> 00:14:16,062
Okay, well, uh...
I think it's really nice.
322
00:14:16,086 --> 00:14:18,150
It's kind of you
that you want to help him.
323
00:14:18,174 --> 00:14:21,197
I just don't think
we have room for him.
324
00:14:21,221 --> 00:14:23,786
He really can do anything,
and he's just looking
325
00:14:23,810 --> 00:14:26,917
for a little bit of money
to get by, you know,
326
00:14:26,941 --> 00:14:29,380
just anything
just to, you know, have a meal.
327
00:14:29,404 --> 00:14:32,136
Okay, well, maybe
it's just that I'm hesitant
328
00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,307
to offer something to someone
who isn't a Muslim.
329
00:14:34,331 --> 00:14:36,227
We have so many Muslims in need.
330
00:14:36,251 --> 00:14:38,190
Zainab, you know it doesn't
matter if he's Muslim.
331
00:14:38,214 --> 00:14:40,444
Yeah, Dad, I know that.
It's just, uh
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we're fund‐raising
to keep the doors open,
333
00:14:42,347 --> 00:14:45,037
and the Sufi Center
barely has any money.
334
00:14:45,061 --> 00:14:47,876
So are we really
gonna spend money on someone
335
00:14:47,900 --> 00:14:50,422
who worked for the world's
most corrupt army?
336
00:14:50,446 --> 00:14:53,303
He‐‐he wasn't‐‐he
wasn't really like a
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like a soldier‐soldier,
you know what I mean?
338
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Like, he wasn't, like, out,
339
00:14:56,835 --> 00:14:58,856
you know, in the field
killing people or anything.
340
00:14:58,880 --> 00:14:59,942
He was kind of one of those guys
341
00:14:59,966 --> 00:15:01,319
who was, like, back at base,
342
00:15:01,343 --> 00:15:02,614
you know those guys,
like, with the headphones.
343
00:15:02,638 --> 00:15:04,660
They're just kind of, like,
listening,
344
00:15:04,684 --> 00:15:06,079
like he's kind of, like,
listening to the war.
345
00:15:06,103 --> 00:15:09,293
And then he just did,
like, other stuff.
346
00:15:09,317 --> 00:15:11,841
If anything, he's really
more of a listener guy.
347
00:15:11,865 --> 00:15:13,427
Ramy is right, Zainab.
348
00:15:13,451 --> 00:15:15,264
We're not here to judge people
for their pasts.
349
00:15:15,288 --> 00:15:20,399
If the brother is sincerely
seeking to be of service...
350
00:15:20,423 --> 00:15:21,902
Ramy, if you can vouch
for this brother
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and you know him,
then all right.
352
00:15:24,599 --> 00:15:30,210
I‐I can.
I mean, uh, Dennis is, uh
353
00:15:30,234 --> 00:15:32,381
he's like my brother.
354
00:15:32,405 --> 00:15:35,304
You know,
with how connected I feel.
355
00:15:35,328 --> 00:15:37,601
A brother I just met,
but that's Islam.
356
00:15:37,625 --> 00:15:41,567
And I just know that, um,
we could really help him out.
357
00:15:41,591 --> 00:15:43,595
Well, then, it's settled.
358
00:15:44,889 --> 00:15:46,952
Beautiful intention, brother.
Inshallah,
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00:15:46,976 --> 00:15:48,939
way to take initiative.
360
00:15:49,732 --> 00:15:53,549
When is this, uh, Dennis
stopping by?
361
00:15:53,573 --> 00:15:54,992
Uh, he's outside.
362
00:15:56,788 --> 00:15:57,832
Great.
363
00:16:29,269 --> 00:16:30,455
Hey. Salam.
364
00:16:30,479 --> 00:16:32,418
Salam, Ramy.
365
00:16:32,442 --> 00:16:33,796
I was just coming to see Dennis.
366
00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:35,090
How's everything going?
367
00:16:35,114 --> 00:16:38,013
I am an idiot... okay?
368
00:16:38,037 --> 00:16:40,058
Yeah. W‐what do you mean?
369
00:16:40,082 --> 00:16:43,983
Uh, Dennis,
he is actually amazing.
370
00:16:45,343 --> 00:16:48,951
I‐I feel really guilty
not hiring him right away.
371
00:16:48,975 --> 00:16:51,665
He built a wheelchair ramp
without anyone asking
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00:16:51,689 --> 00:16:53,586
just 'cause he saw
an older member coming in.
373
00:16:53,610 --> 00:16:56,216
So thank you for
challenging my thoughts.
374
00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,636
No one usually steps up to me
375
00:16:57,660 --> 00:16:59,472
'cause I'm the daughter
of the sheikh and all,
376
00:16:59,496 --> 00:17:01,685
so thanks for that.
377
00:17:01,709 --> 00:17:03,940
Yeah, I mean, look, I‐‐.
378
00:17:03,964 --> 00:17:05,693
For me, it's just about
honesty, you know,
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00:17:05,717 --> 00:17:07,989
doesn't really matter
who or what or where.
380
00:17:08,013 --> 00:17:10,495
It's just, like,
rise up to it and everything.
381
00:17:10,519 --> 00:17:13,124
So, uh... but I'm really glad
it's working out.
382
00:17:13,148 --> 00:17:14,670
Okay. Yeah.
383
00:17:14,694 --> 00:17:16,089
Um, is he here? Yeah, yeah.
384
00:17:16,113 --> 00:17:17,383
He's in the back. Okay, cool.
385
00:17:17,407 --> 00:17:18,678
That makes sense. Okay. Bye.
386
00:17:18,702 --> 00:17:19,954
Salam.
387
00:17:25,549 --> 00:17:27,487
As‐salamu alaykum, bro.
388
00:17:27,511 --> 00:17:29,365
Ramy, how you doing, man?
389
00:17:29,389 --> 00:17:31,077
Hey, this looks great, man.
390
00:17:31,101 --> 00:17:32,622
Thank you.
391
00:17:32,646 --> 00:17:34,668
Zainab said you've been
doing everything around here.
392
00:17:34,692 --> 00:17:36,087
Oh, yeah. Nah, I mean,
393
00:17:36,111 --> 00:17:37,507
it feels good
to be doing something.
394
00:17:37,531 --> 00:17:38,801
I wanted to bring Boomer here,
395
00:17:38,825 --> 00:17:40,387
but they said no dogs
in the mosque.
396
00:17:40,411 --> 00:17:43,978
Yeah. Sheikh, check out
the shelf Dennis built.
397
00:17:44,002 --> 00:17:46,399
Oh... Mashallah.
398
00:17:46,423 --> 00:17:48,320
Born builder.
399
00:17:48,344 --> 00:17:51,493
I found some good wood
and sanded it down.
400
00:17:51,517 --> 00:17:52,954
You know, I actually always
wanted to be a carpenter
401
00:17:52,978 --> 00:17:54,457
like Jesus.
402
00:17:54,481 --> 00:17:56,127
I know you guys don't believe
in Jesus, it's just that‐‐.
403
00:17:56,151 --> 00:17:59,282
Oh, Brother Dennis,
every Muslim believes in Jesus.
404
00:18:00,702 --> 00:18:03,726
Yeah, we actually think
Jesus is gonna come back.
405
00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:06,649
Well, I‐I'm definitely down
for a Jesus comeback.
406
00:18:06,673 --> 00:18:10,239
Well, it would mean it was
the end of the world, but...
407
00:18:10,263 --> 00:18:12,034
Oh.
408
00:18:12,058 --> 00:18:13,871
Yeah.
409
00:18:13,895 --> 00:18:15,457
Dude, I'm telling you,
410
00:18:15,481 --> 00:18:16,961
everyone at the Center
loves him.
411
00:18:16,985 --> 00:18:18,421
Seriously, like, all he needed
412
00:18:18,445 --> 00:18:19,841
was for someone
to give him a shot.
413
00:18:19,865 --> 00:18:21,177
You don't even know
who the fuck the Center is.
414
00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:22,514
You don't know
who Sheikh Ali is.
415
00:18:22,538 --> 00:18:23,808
You don't know
whose sheikh he is.
416
00:18:23,832 --> 00:18:24,935
You're just committing
to anything, man?
417
00:18:24,959 --> 00:18:25,979
You gotta be careful
where you get
418
00:18:26,003 --> 00:18:27,380
your din from, man.
419
00:18:30,804 --> 00:18:33,410
This, uh, burger, Mo,
this is the best
420
00:18:33,434 --> 00:18:35,122
best burger
I ever had in my life.
421
00:18:35,146 --> 00:18:37,836
Yeah, it's because
it's halal, you know.
422
00:18:37,860 --> 00:18:39,798
Really?
Man, that's why it's so good.
423
00:18:39,822 --> 00:18:41,301
Everything that's good
is "Muz‐lim."
424
00:18:41,325 --> 00:18:43,430
It's, uh, it's "Muss‐lim."
425
00:18:43,454 --> 00:18:44,850
What'd I say? I said "Muz‐lim."
426
00:18:44,874 --> 00:18:46,478
I don't know where
the Z came from.
427
00:18:46,502 --> 00:18:48,189
It's, like, very irritating.
It's not projected at you.
428
00:18:48,213 --> 00:18:50,193
But they've added Zs on it.
429
00:18:50,217 --> 00:18:54,285
You know, it's a soft S,
like, uh, pussy.
430
00:18:54,309 --> 00:18:55,604
"Muss‐lim."
431
00:18:57,023 --> 00:18:59,253
Pussy, Muslim. Pussy, Muslim.
432
00:18:59,277 --> 00:19:01,215
Pussy, Muslim. Muslim.
433
00:19:01,239 --> 00:19:02,636
Pussy, Muslim. Yeah...
434
00:19:02,660 --> 00:19:04,305
Pussy Muslim?
I think there's other ways
435
00:19:04,329 --> 00:19:05,850
to learn this, though.
436
00:19:05,874 --> 00:19:07,353
This is where we are now,
isn't it?
437
00:19:07,377 --> 00:19:08,856
Okay, what I'm trying
to say is that,
438
00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:10,526
you know, since I've been back,
439
00:19:10,550 --> 00:19:11,904
Muslims have been so good to me.
440
00:19:11,928 --> 00:19:13,866
You know, you bring me
to the mosque.
441
00:19:13,890 --> 00:19:15,118
You introduce me
to all these people.
442
00:19:15,142 --> 00:19:16,872
You know, I'm making
all these new friends,
443
00:19:16,896 --> 00:19:18,208
and I'm just starting
to think that,
444
00:19:18,232 --> 00:19:20,295
I don't know, maybe I want
to become Muslim too.
445
00:19:20,319 --> 00:19:22,323
Like, I want to be halal.
446
00:19:23,232 --> 00:19:25,389
Ah...
447
00:19:25,413 --> 00:19:27,602
Dude, yeah. I mean, really?
448
00:19:27,626 --> 00:19:29,982
Yeah. And I'm just
449
00:19:30,006 --> 00:19:30,984
like, can I?
450
00:19:31,008 --> 00:19:32,654
Am I allowed? Am I allowed?
451
00:19:32,678 --> 00:19:34,491
Yeah, of course, man.
452
00:19:34,515 --> 00:19:37,539
I mean, if you want,
you can come to Friday prayers
453
00:19:37,563 --> 00:19:40,002
and you can take the
Shahada right before.
454
00:19:40,026 --> 00:19:42,507
I mean, it's super quick,
like, anyone can do it.
455
00:19:42,531 --> 00:19:44,051
Maybe too quick, you know?
456
00:19:44,075 --> 00:19:46,222
Maybe you should
read a few books.
457
00:19:46,246 --> 00:19:47,235
No, no, no. I'm ready.
458
00:19:47,259 --> 00:19:49,186
Make sure you're okay.
I‐I‐I know I'm ready.
459
00:19:49,210 --> 00:19:51,984
After‐‐after all this, I know.
I'm ready.
460
00:19:52,008 --> 00:19:53,946
Mo, if I go, will you come too?
461
00:19:53,970 --> 00:19:55,616
Me? DENNIS: You.
462
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,996
Okay, yeah.
463
00:19:58,020 --> 00:19:59,165
He'll come, yeah. He'll come.
464
00:19:59,189 --> 00:20:00,942
Of course. Yeah.
465
00:20:03,155 --> 00:20:05,595
No Sharia in New Jersey!
466
00:20:05,619 --> 00:20:09,978
No Sharia in New Jersey.
No Sharia in New Jersey.
467
00:20:10,002 --> 00:20:12,066
These guys were here last week.
468
00:20:12,090 --> 00:20:13,694
This would never happen
in my masjid, bro.
469
00:20:13,718 --> 00:20:15,656
I mean, taking over a church
is just such a rookie move.
470
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,994
Ah, this shit
really pisses me off.
471
00:20:18,018 --> 00:20:20,123
I'm sorry, I don't mean to
cuss, but it sounds ridiculous.
472
00:20:20,147 --> 00:20:21,417
It's okay, man.
473
00:20:21,441 --> 00:20:23,129
We're just going
to go in and pray.
474
00:20:23,153 --> 00:20:25,008
I got this CD
on how to be a Muslim.
475
00:20:25,032 --> 00:20:26,678
It said that Islam
is a religion of peace.
476
00:20:26,702 --> 00:20:27,931
They don't fucking understand.
477
00:20:27,955 --> 00:20:29,392
Exactly, dude.
478
00:20:29,416 --> 00:20:32,524
That's why we just gotta be
really nice to them, yeah?
479
00:20:32,548 --> 00:20:33,901
Hey, guys. How's it going?
480
00:20:33,925 --> 00:20:36,698
Fuck off, Osama. Osama?
481
00:20:36,722 --> 00:20:39,663
Come on, that's so wack, dude.
There's this other dude.
482
00:20:39,687 --> 00:20:42,292
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
That guy's crazy, dude.
483
00:20:42,316 --> 00:20:44,004
That guy, he wrote a letter
in prison‐‐it was wild.
484
00:20:44,028 --> 00:20:45,340
It had some good points,
though...
485
00:20:45,364 --> 00:20:47,564
- All right, let's just go inside.
- The defiance!
486
00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:51,979
Praying side to side like this?
487
00:20:52,003 --> 00:20:53,566
Some new‐age shit.
488
00:20:53,590 --> 00:20:55,360
Yeah, dude, there's
no weird women's section
489
00:20:55,384 --> 00:20:56,989
thrown in the back
or downstairs.
490
00:20:57,013 --> 00:20:59,243
Everyone's together.
It's just like Mecca.
491
00:20:59,267 --> 00:21:00,997
You never been to Mecca.
Yeah, but I
492
00:21:01,021 --> 00:21:02,332
I've seen it online.
493
00:21:02,356 --> 00:21:04,295
Ramy, this is a nice place, man.
494
00:21:04,319 --> 00:21:05,757
It's actually a great space.
495
00:21:05,781 --> 00:21:07,217
Yazmina might want to come here.
496
00:21:07,241 --> 00:21:09,890
She hates the other mosque.
But she'll dig this.
497
00:21:09,914 --> 00:21:12,436
- Yeah.
- I don't like your face.
498
00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:13,981
I'm humbled because
today we are so fortunate
499
00:21:14,005 --> 00:21:17,279
and blessed to have two
amongst our congregation
500
00:21:17,303 --> 00:21:18,991
who will take the Shahada today.
501
00:21:19,015 --> 00:21:20,495
Takbir.
502
00:21:20,519 --> 00:21:22,791
Allahu akbar.
503
00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,586
Brother Dennis,
Brother Jerome, please.
504
00:21:27,406 --> 00:21:29,470
Repeat after me.
505
00:21:45,317 --> 00:21:47,628
There is no God but God.
506
00:21:47,652 --> 00:21:49,553
Inshallah, let us welcome
our two new brothers
507
00:21:49,577 --> 00:21:52,057
to this community with
the most open of arms.
508
00:21:52,081 --> 00:21:53,091
Takbir.
509
00:21:53,115 --> 00:21:55,021
Allahu akbar.
510
00:21:55,045 --> 00:21:57,442
Congratulations, Brother.
511
00:21:57,466 --> 00:22:00,240
I'm so happy for you, brother.
512
00:22:00,264 --> 00:22:01,869
Everyone up for prayer, please.
513
00:22:01,893 --> 00:22:03,353
Straight lines. Thank you.
514
00:22:08,405 --> 00:22:10,636
Congrats, man. You okay?
515
00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,389
Yeah. RAMY: Yeah? Okay.
516
00:22:40,804 --> 00:22:42,189
No Sharia in New Jersey!
517
00:22:43,942 --> 00:22:45,018
No sharia in New Jersey!
518
00:23:05,227 --> 00:23:07,792
No Sharia in New Jersey!
519
00:23:07,816 --> 00:23:10,088
No Sharia in New Jersey.
520
00:23:20,508 --> 00:23:22,780
No Sharia in New Jersey!
521
00:23:22,804 --> 00:23:27,456
No Sharia in New Jersey!
No Sharia in New Jersey!
522
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,460
No Sharia in New Jersey!
523
00:23:32,114 --> 00:23:34,839
Allahu akbar!
524
00:23:34,863 --> 00:23:37,167
Allahu akbar!
525
00:23:37,191 --> 00:23:39,271
Allahu akbar!
526
00:23:39,295 --> 00:23:40,858
- Islam is peace!
- Hey, fuck you!
527
00:23:40,882 --> 00:23:42,319
Islam is peace!
528
00:23:42,343 --> 00:23:43,321
You got a fucking problem?
529
00:23:43,345 --> 00:23:44,574
Fuck you, man! Huh?
530
00:23:44,598 --> 00:23:45,993
Islam is peace!
531
00:23:46,017 --> 00:23:47,287
Fuck you, motherfucker!
532
00:23:48,648 --> 00:23:50,293
Islam is peace!
533
00:23:50,317 --> 00:23:52,089
Aaah!
534
00:23:52,113 --> 00:23:54,385
Easy, bro. Stop!
535
00:23:57,248 --> 00:23:58,894
Dennis, Dennis!
536
00:23:58,918 --> 00:24:02,652
Dennis! Dennis, stop!
Dennis, stop!
537
00:24:02,676 --> 00:24:04,446
Stop, stop, stop!
It's me, it's me!
538
00:24:04,470 --> 00:24:08,497
It's me! It's me!
It's okay! It's me! It's me!
539
00:24:08,521 --> 00:24:10,960
It's me! DENNIS: Aah!
540
00:24:10,984 --> 00:24:14,801
Aah! Fuck! Aah!
541
00:24:14,825 --> 00:24:17,431
No, no! Sir, sir!
542
00:24:17,455 --> 00:24:18,474
Sir!
543
00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:21,898
I'm sorry!
544
00:24:23,216 --> 00:24:24,988
We need an ambulance.
545
00:24:25,012 --> 00:24:28,579
5214812th St.
546
00:24:28,603 --> 00:24:30,457
Yes, Newark.
547
00:24:32,068 --> 00:24:33,087
Gosh, please hurry.