Muslim restaurant to feed the homeless and elderly for free on Christmas Day

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London (CNN)A Muslim-owned Turkish restaurant is offering a free three-course meal to the homeless and elderly on December 25, because no one should eat alone on Christmas Day.

The gesture stemmed from a chance encounter with a woman who needed help closing her window.

The restaurant, Shish, is located on the outskirts of London. Early last month, an elderly woman who lived in the neighborhood came in to the restaurant and asked if anyone could help pull down a window she was having difficulty reaching.

The staff didn't hesitate. And when the woman returned the next day to thank them, she told them how she'd be alone for Christmas.

Her situation reminded owner Serdar Kigili of his mother in Turkey, whom he hadn't seen in five years. The management team then came up with the plan.

The team first advertised on the restaurant's front window with a hand-written note: "No one eats alone on a Christmas Day! We are here to sit with you. 3 course meal for the homeless from 12-6pm. Any homeless or elderly are welcomed.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/06/europe/muslim-restaurant-christmas-homeless-elderly-trnd/index.html

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1. Seems very consistent with Turks, who hold

great respect for the elderly and are quite charitable with the less fortunate.

[arithia]

2. The world needs more people like this

And thank you for the warm fuzzy, Yo_Mama. Goodness knows we need them these days.

[yallerdawg]

3. I remember in Houston, TX.

Would go down and have the Sunday Feast with the Hare Krishna's!

Some of the best, simplest dishes ever, so good and varied you didn't miss the meat!

The only proselytizing - "You don't want to come back as a cockroach, do you?"

Sharing food brings us all together, and makes us much more tolerant towards each other!

Maya Angelou again!

We seek success in Finland,
are born and die in Maine.
In minor ways we differ,
in major we're the same.

I note the obvious differences
between each sort and type,
but we are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.

We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. k&r

[Dorian Gray]

5. Good place.

They should get a lot of business from everyone else on other days. I would go there if I lived in london.