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I know what I have to do today, Maryam.

Homeland Security

officials say the current high alert

is directly related

to the discovery last night

of homemade explosives

at a warehouse in Los Angeles

owned by a Muslim male

The location of the warehouse

and the identity of the owner

have not yet been disclosed

by the Department,

but unnamed sources

in Homeland Security

- Why am I a Muslim?

- What?

Why did you have to

name me Mohammed?

I named you after our own prophet.

And you're Muslim because I am Muslim.

Everyone at schooI is Jewish or Christian.

All the same.

All believe in one God.

What if I wasn't born Muslim?

It is your journey, habibi

You have a great heart,

just like your mother.

Bless her souI in heaven.

Can we get a Christmas tree?

Mohammed, we have to get there.

Walk fast.

Sabir.

There. Mohammed, Sabir's here.

Mohammed?

Mohammed. Mohammed.

Mohammed.

Hammo. Mohammed.

Mohammed!

I have a possible 10-107 in progress.

Mohammed!

Mohammed.

- Sorry, ma'am. I'm sorry.

- It's okay.

I'm really sorry.

- It's okay.

- I'm sorry.

Halt. FederaI agents.

- I'm looking for my son.

- Stay calm.

All right, get him up. Get him up.

- Sir, I'm looking for my son.

- Come on.

Come with us. Come on, let's go.

I was looking for my son.

I didn't do anything.

Where are you taking me, sir?

Mr. Marzoke, I'm Agent Stevens, FBI.

FBI? Where is my son?

Look, your son is safe in the other room.

Why were you running

around the airport yelling, sir?

I was looking for my son.

Do you read the papers, sir?

You realize we're on high alert?

I thought I lost him.

What is your business

at the airport today?

I'm picking up my cousin.

- And what's his business in the US?

- No business, just personaI.

We did a search of your vehicle,

Mr. Marzoke.

We found all of these items.

Could you identify them, please?

Well, I listen and I read the Quran.

Is that a crime now?

The Quran.

These receipts...

What are these?

Money transfer. Donations.

Donations. I see.

Donations to the Sharia Foundation

in Egypt.

Why do you make donations

to the Sharia Foundation?

Sir, I'm a Muslim.

One of the five pillars of Islam

is to give zakat

I don't know if you know about zakat

It's an Islamic law.

When was the last time you were

at the Muhammad Ali Mosque?

- Muhammad Ali?

- Yes. BeautifuI place.

Alabaster, the tall minarets,

the view from the top, the pyramids.

- You've been there?

- Last month.

You have a very rich culture, Mr. Marzoke.

Now imagine if some fundamentalist

Christian nut jobs from the US

flew a jet passenger plane

into the Muhammad Ali Mosque

or another one

of your renowned monuments,

killing thousands of innocent Egyptians.

I'm sure that you'd be busting

every infideI stupid enough

to go around screaming English

in the Cairo airport, wouldn't you?

Let me give you a word of advice.

You be very mindfuI of how you act

and speak in public.

When we're under high alert,

people get trigger-happy.

You got it?

It's okay, Mohammed.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah, it was just a big mistake.

A big mistake.

- You hungry, Sabir?

- Later, later.

I want you to trace these transfers.

Where he sent them from,

who he sent them to.

Get me bank statements,

e- mails, library accounts,

subscriptions, postaI records.

The whole nine yards.

Piece of sh*t.

God, I hate this dump.

Can I help you, sir?

I told this a**hole 100 times,

no sauce on my falafeI.

I'm supposed to ask you

to not use words like that in here, sir.

This is stupid.

Abdulla, please make

the gentleman another falafeI.

No sauce this time.

Are you serious?

- Leila.

- What's up, Fikry?

It's hot, man. Air conditioner working?

Yeah, sure.

It just makes that noise to mess with you.

Smartass.

- Fikry.

- Mustafa.

Next time, Pops,

if you're gonna punch in late,

just give me a call, okay?

It's been a rough day.

Don't start with me, okay, please?

- Where are you going?

- I have a life, too, remember?

- Okay, don't forget to be home early...

- I know.

It's a speciaI night. I know.

Be home early for dinner.

Hey, what's up?

Let's get out of here.

- Mustafa.

- Fikry.

What's wrong?

I get this feeling sometimes

like I'm going to explode.

Don't do that.

We've had enough explosions.

Abdulla, Sam is coming by later.

Have his coffee and baklava ready for him.

- Again? For free?

- Just have it ready.

You know, that guy never

pays for anything, never!

He thinks I work for him.

Oh!

It is hotter than hell.

What's up, Fiky Frik, Big M?

Abdulla in the house.

Turn on the TV. You seen this?

I want to show

what these bastards are doing now.

Despite repeated requests,

American authorities

have not made available

any evidence of explosives or weapons

See, that's what I'm talking about.

You see that?

You know, they cook all this stuff up.

All this heightened-state-of-alert bullshit.

It's all bullshit, red, green, fuchsia.

I mean, they just want people

scared shitless of people like us.

Murad, you see a conspiracy

in everything, man.

Mustafa, you tell him. I've tried.

Actually, I got arrested

today at the airport.

- What?

- What happened?

Nothing. A mistake. I'll tell you later.

A mistake? That's some serious sh*t, M.

I mean, they can make

your life hell in this country

if they get you on one of their lists.

They will lock your ass up

in one of those ships off the coast

in internationaI waters

and they will torture your ass

untiI you sign a confession.

Murad, I got bigger problems

than torture ships, Murad.

Keeping this place afloat,

that's my torture.

Maybe this place float

if you don't give away

so much free food, huh?

Thank you, Abdulla. He's right.

I need to make money, reaI money.

Why you need money

so badly all of a sudden?

Because I would love to open

a new restaurant, a reaI restaurant,

with reaI Mideastern food, like back home.

There is a place on Washington I like.

That's gonna cost some serious G, M.

So? Why not? Maybe I'll get a partner.

This is America.

Maybe I'll partner with someone like Sam.

- Sam the Jew?

- So?

So? Sam the Sephardic f***ing Jew.

Murad, business is business.

Fikry here is Christian.

You're doing business with him.

- He's not a land grabber.

- What's left for an Iraqi Christian to grab?

Murad, Sam is Jewish,

but that doesn't make him a Zionist.

I trust him and he's a good businessman.

That's what I need.

- You asked him already?

- Yeah, he's researching the numbers.

Sure, sure, he's researching the numbers.

Of course he is.

He's gonna research those numbers,

he's gonna go behind your back,

he's gonna buy that building,

he's gonna jack your idea.

I'm telling you,

he will not partner with a Muslim.

You feeling me? You're gonna end up

being his employee b*tch.

If you don't mind, guys, I've had enough of

"It's hard being a Muslim" for one day.

I need to change,

and there is an important

visitor coming by later.

So be nice to him.

More important than us?

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