Dave Chappelle Reveals how he found Islam at a Pizza Shop

you're you're a muslim i am when did you become muslim when i was 17. what were the circumstances oh that was like believing in god and stuff i'm not like you know i mean i should preface this by saying it's not like i'm good at it when i was 17 i was living in washington and there was a pizza shop across from my house and it was like all these muslim dudes that worked in there and i used to go in there and crack jokes and i also i was a naturally curious guy and i would ask him questions about his religion it was and the guy was so passionate about it it was very compelling i like the perspective of it and i think these things informed my decision that i want to have a meaningful life a spiritual life i'm reading about you being muslim and they referenced something that i was fascinated by the well of zamzam there's a well called samson yeah saudi arabia and the myth goes that a family walking through this desert dying of thirst and this endless well presents itself you and i could go see it right so i could go see it you probably have to make some phone calls have you have you been there i have it's only welcome to muslims it's not a tourist location no nor should it be the man is the prophet abraham and his wife the word zamzam the you guys speak arabic literally means stop stop because the when the was commanded that this well would appear the water gushed forth so much that the wife just screamed see you stop stoppers because it was so overwhelming and they say that it's an inexhaustible wealth the thing that comforts me about it is the idea that all of this is from a singular source that this source is ultimately kind and even though we may not understand the intentions of this source they were all connected and bounded by you know like it's not as it's been presented in the public space is such a narrow and and dismissive view of of a religious belief it's a it's a beautiful religion like a beautiful religion and the ideas in that religion are reflected in all the major abrahamic faiths you'll see these ideas and christianity or judaism you know but the idea is that this place does mean something it's a place where you come to learn where you come to know you get here knowing nothing you get a head full of and then you go on when the uh current president says uh you know what we're gonna look into keeping muslims out of this country how does that make you feel when that happens you don't expect necessarily that much empathy or compassion or cultural astuteness from a guy like that what you're sad about is that the chair doesn't have more humanity in it but has that chair ever been that humane when biden called trump the first racist president ever well clearly that's not true so how do i feel when i hear a white person say some stupid

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Length: 3min 0sec (180 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 07 2020

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Dave Chappelle is a Muslim?!