All language subtitles for Ramy.S02E02_English

[utensils scraping]

� I was actually thinking
maybe we could

say a prayer together
before we eat.

� Are you trying to say grace?

� I see them do it
on Country Music Channel.

� No, i�it's not grace.

Sheikh Ali taught me
this prayer,

and I thought maybe we could
do it together as a family.

� Since when do you care
what we do as a family?

� Should be close our eyes
or keep them open?

I think closed feels better.

� Yeah, he didn't really say
anything about

open or closed eyes,

so I�I think it's...
whatever you want.

Uh, people...

Um.
[speaking in Arabic]

I thought maybe we could talk
about stuff we're thankful for.

� Stop.

� Eat your meat
before it gets cold.

I gotta go to the Center
to study with the sheikh.

We're doing a halukka.

I told him
I'd see him tomorrow.

Mom, is this chicken halal?

� What do you mean?

� Like, w�where did you
get it from?

� I get it from the store.

� Yeah, I know.
I just didn't know which store,

'cause sometimes you go
to the supermarket,

sometimes you go to the Nouri.

You know, I'm trying
to be more careful

about what I'm eating.

� Ramy, you're asking
too many questions.

� The chicken's
really good, Mom.

� It is halal.
� I know it is.

Even if it's not.

[funky music]

♪ ♪

� That water over there
is just done boiling.

Could you pour it
in the cups for me, please?

� Yeah, sure.

Inshallah.

� And then, brother,
just add the mix.

Trying to see if these are the
kind that have gelatin in them.

It's not in the ingredients,

but sometimes they just
stick it in the preservatives.

Tetrasodium.
Does that have gelatin in it?

� Um...
not to my knowledge, sir.

But I could��
I could look it up.

� That's all right.
Allah knows my intentions.

It will enhance the taste,
inshallah.

[mutters indistinctly]

GROUP: [chanting]
No Sharia in New Jersey!

No Sharia in New Jersey!

No Sharia
in New Jersey!

No Sharia...

� Peace be upon you, brothers.

I know it's cold outside,

so brother Ramy and I
made you some hot chocolate.

� What? No. Fuck you.
� My pop is layin' out here.

He don't want to be buried
next to this shit.

� Hey, man, don't��don't talk
to him like that.

� It's okay.
We understand.

We'll leave these right here.

If you want them,
they're yours.

All right?

SHEIKH: Have a nice day.

� We ain't drinking that.
� Ain't drinking shit.

GROUP: [chanting]
No Sharia in New Jersey!

No Sharia
in New Jersey!

SHEIKH: This space
used to be a church,

but they were
going to foreclose

and relieve them
of the lease.

But the interpretation
is that we stole their church.

� Yeah, maybe we should
call the cops.

I don't know, that guy
seemed kind of violent,

and I feel like
giving them hot chocolate

maybe brings more
of them, right?

If they know
there's hot chocolate here,

then they just kind
of start coming, like��

� Who's our example, Ramy?
� Um...

� There was a woman who used
to throw trash every day

outside the house
of the holy Prophet.

Peace be upon him.
� The Prophet.

Peace be upon him.
� Yes.

He would walk outside.
She'd throw the trash.

He would clear the path.
Never said a word.

And one day, he came home.
There was no trash.

He got concerned.

He went over
to the woman's home

and found that she was
gravely ill.

He prayed for her,
nursed her back to health.

She was so overwhelmed
by this act of generosity,

she embraced our Prophet.

She accepted Islam.

If there's anything
that may show these men

that we're not their enemy,
it may be that hot chocolate.

� S�so you think
the hot chocolate

might make them Muslim?

� Only God knows.

But they're not
beyond our love.

In the meantime,
just pray for them, Ramy.

� Y�yeah, inshallah.
I�I want to pray for them.

It's just...one of those guys
has a sign

that says the Prophet's
a pedophile.

� Do you believe the Prophet
was a pedophile?

� No, no, I��
� [speaking Arabic]

Deep down inside, I don't think

those men out there
believe that either.

But right now, they're just
so consumed by their fear.

I know it might seem odd
to pray for these people,

but trying to help those
who can't help themselves

is sometimes the only path
for our own heart.

"Help others, and Allah will
help you with your struggles."

Our bay'ah,
our bond requires

that we try to help
those who are lost.

Ah...they're drinking
the hot chocolate.

He found the marshmallows.

Alhamdulillah.

� Man, I knew
this dude in med school.

He took the bay'ah.
He went down the Sufi path.

He never came back.

Third year, he stopped
practicing medicine,

he gave it all up.

� I already stopped
practicing medicine, okay?

I already
threw everything away.

� Why are you so extreme
with everything, man?

Everything with you, dude.
You're, like,

the most emotional,
extreme Muslim I've ever met.

You're extreme with girls.

It's like you're Ryan Gosling
in a movie.

It's always��it's like
a deep end with you.

You just go, all heart.
I don't get it.

� Let's just stop talking
about me.

How are you?

� What?

� W�what's going on with you?
� Hey, what's up, guys?

� Ramy just asked me
how I was doing.

� What the fuck's wrong
with you?

� What are you talking about?

� You're the most
self�obsessed person I know!

All right? You don't really
care about how we feel.

� You only ask
when you want some.

But when you asked right now,

it's like you actually
meant it; it was weird.

� I did mean it, man.
Seriously.

How are you?

� No.
I'm not ready to tell you.

WAITRESS: Hey, Mo.
� Yeah.

� This guy at the counter
wants to talk to you.

He's literally
not leaving me alone.

� [whispering] Fuck's sake.
Man.

This weird�ass guy
keeps coming in here

every fucking couple of weeks.

Just a glass of water, lemons,
and then begs me for a job.

� Why is he wearing
a Verizon shirt?

MO: I don't know��
I think it's the last job

he had or something.

He came in here a few weeks ago

and told me his whole
sob story��I don't know.

� Is Verizon selling Polos?
I'd get one, man.

You ever go in the store
and see the workers?

They look so comfortable.

� What the fuck
is wrong with you?

� Why won't you give him a job?
I mean, if he keeps coming?

� I'm trying, okay?

But there's a standard
that I have to uphold, okay?

And the guy's
basically homeless.

� Dude, if he's homeless,
that's even more reason

to help him, man.

We always talk about
being Muslim, right?

That means we gotta
help other people.

We gotta make room for them
in our hearts.

We gotta pray for them

even more than we pray
for ourselves, right?

� I appreciate your holier�
than�fucking�thou attitude.

You go pray for a couple weeks
and you come back

like you're just, like,
"Oh, I'm such a saint."

Fuck off, all right?
Fuck off.

� All right, you know what?
If you're not gonna help him,

I'm gonna talk to him and see

if I can do something.
MO: Ramy...

I have a bad feeling
about this guy.

I just don't trust him.
Okay?

� I'm gonna go talk to him.
� All right.

It's your life.
Fuck it.

� My palms are sweaty.
� Shut the fuck up.

� Hey, man.

Hey, I'm, uh, Ramy.
� What's up?

Dennis.
You work with Mo?

� Uh, no, no.
I'm just��I'm just friends.

� Yeah, it's great to meet you.

RAMY: Yeah.
� Um, I got a résumé here

if you want to check it out.

Got a lot of experience
doing technical work

if anything needs to be
fixed around the diner.

Uh, I can clean
just about anything,

make it look brand�new.

� Dude, it's cool.
I don't need to see it.

I just, uh, wanted
to get to know you.

� Is this, like, uh...
part of the interview,

like a personality test
or something?

� No, it's not.
I'm just curious.

Like, are you from around here
or you got family here?

� I mean, I grew up in Wayne.
Um...

Don't have much family left.

Just an uncle, but he moved
down to Florida with Camille.

� I mean,
I�I'm pretty close too.

Like, Wayne's a couple towns
over from me.

So you been��you been living
there the whole time?

� Nah, I'm, uh,
I'm actually kind of

between places right now,

you know, kind of trying
to figure that out.

But I can be anywhere.
You know, I'm never late, sir.

� Are you, um...

are you hungry?
You want��

you want something to eat?

[bell dings]

� This is good, man.

I haven't eaten chicken
like this in forever.

Been livin' off hot dogs
from Roadside.

Me and my dog,
I split it with her��Boomer.

I got to save some of this,
actually.

She loves chicken.

� We'll��we'll get her
some food to go.

Seriously, just eat
the whole sandwich.

� You're a kind man.

You are.
You remind me of this guy,

Majid, I met in Iraq.

A really good man.

� You��you were a soldier
in Iraq?

� Yeah,
how did you know that?

� I�I just figured it's not
really like a vacation spot,

so...
� Yeah.

Hey, could you
please tell Mo that,

you know, don't believe
them guys at Verizon.

That was
a huge misunderstanding.

� No, of course, yeah.
I won't��

� I�I'm not looking for much,
you know.

I'll work for cheap.

I'm just trying to get myself
a spot for me and my dog

and get my meds, that's it��
nothing fancy.

� Um...no, I know, man.
I really��I want to help you.

I�I feel like I should,
and I think I might know

a place
where we can get you a job.

I�I can't guarantee it,
but I�I'll try.

� Oh, man...ha.

Uh, yeah, thank you.
I'll do anything.

� I'm going to introduce you
to the sheikh,

and I know there's
gotta be something

you can do at the Center.
� Yeah, thank you.

You know, you never think
you could end up

living in your car,
but it can happen to anyone.

� Yeah.

[call to prayer
over loudspeakers]

� Ooh.

Ooh...

[moans]
Oh...

� W�what's going on, man?
� Mm, I just��uh...

[exhales]
Just give me one second, okay?

� Yeah, yeah, what's happening?

[call to prayer continues]
� I just��I haven't heard

that prayer sound since Iraq,

and I'm looking at you,
and I'm seeing Majid.

It's just kind of
bugging me out, man.

� Well, yeah, no.
That makes sense, right?

Majid was your friend, and...

the prayer goes off
in Iraq a lot, so I get that.

De��Dennis.
Dennis, What's wrong, man?

DENNIS:
When I hear that Allah sound,

it just��mm��makes me��
I don't know, man.

Just��it makes me want
to act violent.

� I mean, I get that, man.

The call to prayer has been,

you know, really manipulated
by the media.

And they tie it to violence,
so t�that��I�I get that.

� Yeah, but why does somebody
have to do this shit?

Why does someone have to go
through all this shit?

I don't understand it, man.

I don't know why I was
over in fucking Iraq.

It don't make no sense to me.

� Yeah, I mean, it was��

it was probably
'cause of the oil.

But...but w�we need oil, man.

You know, everyone
always talks about Iraq

with some sort of conspiracy
theory where they're like,

"Oh, you know, we were only
over there because of the oil."

And it's like, well, yeah.
'Cause we needed it.

You know, like,
everything runs on oil.

� I fucking killed Majid, man.
I killed him.

� O�oh, your...

� I went into that building

and I just started
fucking firing, man.

You just start
fucking firing, firing.

You hit anything that moves,
man, woman, dog��don't matter.

And then I just saw him, man,
and I did it to him.

I pulled the trigger,
you know?

I don't deserve
any forgiveness.

I don't deserve this shit.

You don't understand
what I did.

� I mean, I definitely
understand what you did.

� Yeah, but I fucking
hurt people, man.

� You know, everybody
deserves forgiveness.

This religion, this space,
it's all about forgiveness,

and I know that the sheikh's

gonna figure something out
for you, okay?

So I'm gonna go in there,
and I'll talk to him for you.

You can just stay out here
and just...

just catch your breath
for a sec, all right?

And, um...
� [exhales]

� And maybe
when you talk to him,

just don't mention
a lot of this stuff.

Like, I'll give him��
I'll give him,

you know��I'll fill him in,
but for you,

I�I don't want you to think
about this anymore.

I just want you to start
a new chapter, yeah?

Like...you can be new.

� Oh, yeah,
that's what I want, man.

I wanna be new.

[sniffles]

� Okay.

He just really needs someone
to give him a chance.

I�I've always felt that

in order to be the best Muslims
that we can be,

we have to help people
in need, you know?

And I know you and I have
talked about that a little bit,

and I just really think that
Dennis is in a vulnerable place

and someone
has to give him a chance.

� Okay, well, uh...
I think it's really nice.

It's kind of you
that you want to help him.

I just don't think
we have room for him.

� He really can do anything,
and he's just looking

for a little bit of money
to get by, you know,

just anything
just to, you know, have a meal.

� Okay, well, maybe
it's just that I'm hesitant

to offer something to someone
who isn't a Muslim.

We have so many Muslims
in need.

� Zainab, you know it doesn't
matter if he's Muslim.

� Yeah, Dad, I know that.
It's just, uh...

we're fund�raising
to keep the doors open,

and the Sufi Center
barely has any money.

So are we really
gonna spend money on someone

who worked for the world's
most corrupt army?

� He��he wasn't��he
wasn't really like a��

like a soldier�soldier,
you know what I mean?

Like, he wasn't, like, out,

you know, in the field
killing people or anything.

He was kind of one
of those guys

who was, like, back at base,

you know those guys,
like, with the headphones.

They're just kind of, like,
listening,

like he's kind of, like,
listening to the war.

And then he just did,
like, other stuff.

If anything, he's really
more of a listener guy.

� Ramy is right, Zainab.

We're not here to judge people
for their pasts.

If the brother is sincerely
seeking to be of service...

Ramy, if you can vouch
for this brother

and you know him,
then all right.

� I�I can.
I mean, uh, Dennis is, uh...

he's like my brother.

You know,
with how connected I feel.

A brother I just met,
but that's Islam.

And I just know that, um,
we could really help him out.

� Well, then, it's settled.

Beautiful intention, brother.
Inshallah,

way to take initiative.

� When is this, uh, Dennis
stopping by?

� Uh, he's outside.

� Great.

[rustling]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

RAMY: Hey.
Salam.

� Salam, Ramy.

� I was just coming
to see Dennis.

How's everything going?

� I am an idiot...
[laughs] okay?

Yeah.
� W�what do you mean?

� Uh, Dennis,
he is actually amazing.

[sighs]

I�I feel really guilty
not hiring him right away.

He built a wheelchair ramp
without anyone asking

just 'cause he saw
an older member coming in.

So thank you for
challenging my thoughts.

No one usually steps up to me

'cause I'm the daughter
of the sheikh and all,

so thanks for that.

� Yeah, I mean, look, I��

For me, it's just about
honesty, you know,

doesn't really matter
who or what or where.

It's just, like,
rise up to it and everything.

So, uh...but I'm really glad
it's working out.

� Okay.
� Yeah.

Um, is he here?
� Yeah, yeah.

He's in the back.
� Okay, cool.

That makes sense.
� Okay. Bye.

Salam.

RAMY: As�salamu alaykum, bro.

� Ramy, how you doing, man?

� Hey, this looks great, man.

� Thank you.

RAMY: Zainab said you've been
doing everything around here.

� Oh, yeah.
Nah, I mean,

it feels good
to be doing something.

I wanted to bring Boomer here,

but they said no dogs
in the mosque.

� Yeah. Sheikh, check out
the shelf Dennis built.

� Oh... Mashallah.
[chuckles]

[chuckles]
Born builder.

DENNIS: I found some good wood
and sanded it down.

You know, I actually always
wanted to be a carpenter

like Jesus.

I know you guys don't believe
in Jesus, it's just that��

� Oh, Brother Dennis,
every Muslim believes in Jesus.

� Yeah, we actually think
Jesus is gonna come back.

� Well, I�I'm definitely down
for a Jesus comeback.

� Well, it would mean it was
the end of the world, but...

� Oh.

� Yeah.

RAMY: Dude, I'm telling you,

everyone at the Center
loves him.

Seriously,
like, all he needed

was for someone
to give him a shot.

� You don't even know
who the fuck the Center is.

You don't know
who Sheikh Ali is.

You don't know
whose sheikh he is.

You're just committing
to anything, man?

You gotta be careful
where you get

your din from, man.

� This, uh, burger, Mo,
this is the best��

best burger
I ever had in my life.

� Yeah, it's because
it's halal, you know.

� Really?
Man, that's why it's so good.

Everything that's good
is "Muz�lim."

� It's, uh, it's "Muss�lim."

� What'd I say?
I said "Muz�lim."

� I don't know where
the Z came from.

It's, like, very irritating.
It's not projected at you.

But they've added Zs on it.

You know, it's a soft S,
like, uh, pussy.

"Muss�lim."

� Pussy, Muslim.
Pussy, Muslim.

DENNIS: Pussy, Muslim.
� Muslim.

� Pussy, Muslim.
� Yeah...

� Pussy Muslim?
� I think there's other ways

to learn this, though.

� This is where we are now,
isn't it?

� Okay, what I'm trying
to say is that,

you know, since I've been back,

Muslims have been
so good to me.

You know, you bring me
to the mosque.

You introduce me
to all these people.

You know, I'm making
all these new friends,

and I'm just starting
to think that,

I don't know, maybe I want
to become Muslim too.

Like, I want to be halal.

� Ah...

Dude, yeah. I mean, really?

DENNIS: Yeah.
And I'm just...

like, can I?

Am I allowed?
Am I allowed?

� Yeah, of course, man.

I mean, if you want,
you can come to Friday prayers

and you can take the
Shahada right before.

I mean, it's super quick,
like, anyone can do it.

� Maybe too quick, you know?

Maybe you should
read a few books.

� No, no, no.
I'm ready.

MO: Make sure you're okay.
� I�I�I know I'm ready.

After��after all this, I know.
I'm ready.

Mo, if I go, will you come too?

� Me?
DENNIS: You.

� Okay, yeah.

� He'll come, yeah.
He'll come.

MO: Of course. Yeah.

PROTESTORS:
No Sharia in New Jersey!

No Sharia in New Jersey.
No Sharia in New Jersey.

� These guys were here
last week.

� This would never happen
in my masjid, bro.

I mean, taking over a church
is just such a rookie move.

DENNIS: Ah, this shit
really pisses me off.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to
cuss, but it sounds ridiculous.

� It's okay, man.

We're just going
to go in and pray.

DENNIS: I got this CD
on how to be a Muslim.

It said that Islam
is a religion of peace.

They don't fucking understand.

� Exactly, dude.

That's why we just gotta be
really nice to them, yeah?

Hey, guys.
How's it going?

� Fuck off, Osama.
� Osama?

Come on, that's so wack, dude.
There's this other dude.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
That guy's crazy, dude.

That guy, he wrote a letter
in prison��it was wild.

It had some good points,
though...

� All right, let's just go inside.
AHMED: ...the defiance!

MO: [sighs]

Praying side to side like this?

Some new�age shit.

� Yeah, dude, there's
no weird women's section

thrown in the back
or downstairs.

Everyone's together.
It's just like Mecca.

� You never been to Mecca.
� Yeah, but I��

I've seen it online.

� Ramy, this is
a nice place, man.

It's actually a great space.

Yazmina might want
to come here.

She hates the other mosque.
But she'll dig this.

� Yeah.
MO: I don't like your face.

� I'm humbled because
today we are so fortunate

and blessed to have two
amongst our congregation

who will take
the Shahada today.

Takbir.

CONGREGATION:
Allahu akbar.

� Brother Dennis,
Brother Jerome, please.

[protesters' chanting
continues in background]

Repeat after me.

[speaking Arabic]

[converts repeat in Arabic]

SHEIKH: There is no God
but God.

Inshallah, let us welcome
our two new brothers

to this community with
the most open of arms.

Takbir.

CONGREGATION:
Allahu akbar.

� Congratulations, Brother.

I'm so happy for you, brother.
[chanting continues]

Everyone up for prayer, please.

Straight lines.
Thank you.

RAMY: Congrats, man.
You okay?

DENNIS: Yeah.
RAMY: Yeah? Okay.

[sheikh singing in Arabic]

[chanting continues
in distance]

[dramatic music]

PROTESTORS:
No Sharia in New Jersey!

[congregation responds]

PROTESTORS:
No sharia in New Jersey!

[sheikh singing in Arabic]

♪ ♪

PROTESTORS:
No Sharia in New Jersey!

No Sharia in New Jersey.

[chanting continues]

[music intensifies]

♪ ♪

� [whispering]

PROTESTORS:
No Sharia in New Jersey!

No Sharia in New Jersey!
No Sharia in New Jersey!

No Sharia in New Jersey!

♪ ♪

� Allahu akbar!

Allahu
akbar!

Allahu akbar!

Islam is peace!
MAN: Hey, fuck you!

� Islam is peace!

DENNIS: You got
a fucking problem?

� Fuck you, man!
� Huh?

Islam is peace!
[overlapping shouts]

Fuck you, motherfucker!

[overlapping chatter]

DENNIS: Islam is peace!

Aaah!

� Easy, bro.
� Stop!

[overlapping shouting]

� Dennis, Dennis!

Dennis! Dennis, stop!
Dennis, stop!

Stop, stop, stop!
It's me, it's me!

It's me! It's me!
It's okay! It's me! It's me!

It's me!
DENNIS: Aah!

Aah! Fuck!
Aah!

� No, no!
Sir, sir!

Sir!

[overlapping chatter]

DENNIS: I'm sorry!

[Dennis moaning]

WOMAN:
We need an ambulance.

52148 12th St.

Yes, Newark.

[Dennis sobbing]

Gosh, please hurry.

SHEIKH:
[praying softly]

[Dennis sobs]