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Muslim-Owned Eatery Making News For Very Un-America-Like Business Practices

ChezC3

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They do things a little differently in Canada. And they do things very differently at Marché Ferdous, a small restaurant in Montreal that has a policy of offering free food to anyone who is hungry and cannot afford to pay.

“We do not ask any questions, we do not judge people,” Yahya Hashemi co-owner of the Muslim-owned establishment, Yahya Hashemi told Global News. “They want to eat, [we] give them the food. That’s it, that’s all.”

The policy had apparently gone mostly unnoticed until one man shared about it on his Facebook page.
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https://food.good.is/articles/muslim-restaurant-free-food

:applaud
 
Zakat is one of the 5 Pillars of Islam and providing food for the needy would, I'm pretty sure, be one way to meet that obligation.
 
Lutherf said:
Zakat is one of the 5 Pillars of Islam and providing food for the needy would, I'm pretty sure, be one way to meet that obligation.
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It could very well be...
 
ChezC3 said:
https://food.good.is/articles/muslim-restaurant-free-food

:applaud
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I suspect more places do it than one realizes. They just don't put it on blast because they cannot afford to become a free soup kitchen for the homeless. A friend of mine went to buy a homeless man a meal and have a sit down lunch with him to treat him like a human and when it came time for the check, it was comped by the manager. I kidded her that they were just happy Homeless Man found him a woman LOL.
 
That's very nice.


If I were the owner, though, I'd be upset and worried about this publicity.

Feeding the occasional hungry-but-broke person is one thing... having this policy widely known could bring on hordes of people wanting to abuse the policy. Much of that could result in having to end the policy or go out of business.


I hate to say that and hope I'm wrong, but I'd be concerned.
 
backpacker said:
I suspect more places do it than one realizes. They just don't put it on blast because they cannot afford to become a free soup kitchen for the homeless. A friend of mine went to buy a homeless man a meal and have a sit down lunch with him to treat him like a human and when it came time for the check, it was comped by the manager. I kidded her that they were just happy Homeless Man found him a woman LOL.
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One restaurant I worked at had a guy come in, order a meal and a couple beers, ran his server like a greyhound and then when the check came handed her a note explaining he was homeless and had no money to pay.

We kicked his ass out on his ear. Told him he comes back and being homeless would be the least of his problems.

Same restaurant, I use to give free to-go meals out the back door to the homeless I had come to know around the neighborhood and some of their friends. I told them to come on Thursdays. They never turned up looking for anything on any other day.

When there is Basic Goodness things have a way of sorting themselves out.
 
Goshin said:
That's very nice.


If I were the owner, though, I'd be upset and worried about this publicity.

Feeding the occasional hungry-but-broke person is one thing... having this policy widely known could bring on hordes of people wanting to abuse the policy. Much of that could result in having to end the policy or go out of business.


I hate to say that and hope I'm wrong, but I'd be concerned.
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A Muslim friend of mine showed me the story. Part of an effort to show the world the real face of Islam...

A small price me thinks...
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
What does that mean "they do things a little differently in Canada"?


Have you ever heard of City Harvest?


Can you show that this is the norm in canada?
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Didn't write the article.

I have not.

Not Canadian, and I haven't been there in years, so I'm guessing............no.
 
ChezC3 said:
Didn't write the article.

I have not.

Not Canadian, and I haven't been there in years, so I'm guessing............no.
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Far from the norm but a couple weeks ago there was a place in Vancouver on the local news that was doing that. There again, it was no biggie but t'was the season for feel-good stories.
There's more of that stuff around than we know, I'm thinking. Hoping.
 
Goshin said:
That's very nice.


If I were the owner, though, I'd be upset and worried about this publicity.

Feeding the occasional hungry-but-broke person is one thing... having this policy widely known could bring on hordes of people wanting to abuse the policy. Much of that could result in having to end the policy or go out of business.


I hate to say that and hope I'm wrong, but I'd be concerned.
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That was my first thought. It's very noble of them (honestly), but now that it's out I bet there will be a lot of people who will simply take advantage.
 
Lutherf said:
Zakat is one of the 5 Pillars of Islam and providing food for the needy would, I'm pretty sure, be one way to meet that obligation.
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Charity is a requirement in islam, some practice it more than others, just like some christians practice the words of jesus and others only preach it when convenient.

When I was in afghanistan a common thing was the locals would not deny people help, if you were starving and you walked into a mansion, they had to feed you, if you knocked on the door of a poor person who only had a loaf of bread, they had to shar that bread, it was based off what they could afford to give but they needed to give.
 
Lutherf said:
Zakat is one of the 5 Pillars of Islam and providing food for the needy would, I'm pretty sure, be one way to meet that obligation.
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The Muslims I know (I live close to a mall and there's plenty of them selling stuff in the kiosk area) are very helpful and never even cuss. When I asked them about it they simply said their religion compels them to help others in need. To be fair though they are not too happy about gays they see walking around, calling them agents of the devil, but they dont harass them.
 
Lutherf said:
Zakat is one of the 5 Pillars of Islam and providing food for the needy would, I'm pretty sure, be one way to meet that obligation.
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Taxation is the legal form of zakat.we can say God is lefty!
 
Love the title!

Very Un-American business practices..............right!

American businesses actually contribute to their communities on a huge scale.
 
Redress said:
Good on them, and this is not what I expected when I read the thread title.

Also, a story from awhile back I find kinda cool, related to restaurants and charity:

WWE wrestler Titus O'Neil takes homeless San Diegans to lunch - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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I buy people food who ask. I'm skeptical as hell of beggars so I don't give money and if you are begging because you say you are hungry and your are not near a food place... I think you are lying. If you are begging and you are next to a food place, I will buy you food. Many times they say "sure" and then run off. Some times they are actually hungry and I get them something.

A couple days ago at a Mc D's a guy said he was hungry and asked if I could help. I told him I'd get him something... "just tell me what you want." He said he'd think about it. Then the McD's manager came out with a few bags of food and he took it and walked off. Guy already had food coming. Asshole. I hate liars and thieves. Kind of OT but...
 
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