Posted by on under star wars movies, daily telegraph, hoodies, veil, jed, robes, tesco, supermarket, muslim, star wars | 
The employees at Tesco seem to be immune to mind tricks, and have kicked out the founder of the International Church of Jediism. Daniel Jones, 23, who founded the religion based on the Star Wars movies, was asked to leave because his robes were against store rules which forbid the wearing of 'hoodies' in their premises. "I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave," he told The Daily Telegraph newspaper. "I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone." It's exactly this kind of stuff that turns young Jedis to the dark side.
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Posted by on under party organizer, obama, tea party, great lengths, muslim, shoes |
President Obama's most vigorous opponents have gone to great lengths to paint him as a Muslim, despite all evidence to the contrary. At a recent event, a Tea Party organizer pushed those limits even further.
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Posted by Xeni Jardin on under china mieville, video link, mdash, bigots, mosque, boing, ground zero, mosques, assortment, muslim, manhattan, rally, new york city, protest, york city resident |
At an all-white anti-mosque rally this week, a New York City resident passing by who happened to be black, and not a Muslim, wore the wrong hat— and was harassed and quite nearly assaulted by an assortment of "dumb motherf***ers." This is America, folks.
[YouTube video link, via Balloon Juice]
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