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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/18/jedi-religion-tesco-hood-jones

Tesco has been accused of religious discrimination after the company ordered the founder of a Jedi religion to remove his hood or leave a branch of the supermarket in north Wales.

Daniel Jones, founder of the religion inspired by the Star Wars films, says he was humiliated and victimised for his beliefs following the incident at a Tesco store in Bangor.

The 23-year-old, who founded the International Church of Jediism, which has 500,000 followers worldwide, was told the hood flouted store rules.

But the grocery empire struck back, claiming that the three best known Jedi Knights in the Star Wars movies – Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker – all appeared in public without their hoods. Jones, from Holyhead, who is known by the Jedi name Morda Hehol, said his religion dictated that he should wear the hood in public places and is considering legal action against the chain.

"It states in our Jedi doctrination that I can wear headwear. It just covers the back of my head," he said.

"You have a choice of wearing headwear in your home or at work but you have to wear a cover for your head when you are in public."

He said he'd gone to the store to buy something to eat during his lunch break when staff approached him and ordered him to the checkout where they explained he would have to remove the offending hood or leave the store.

"They said: 'Take it off', and I said: 'No, its part of my religion. It's part of my religious right.' I gave them a Jedi church business card.

"They weren't listening to me and were rude. They had three people around me. It was intimidating." Jones, who has made an official complaint to Tesco, is considering a boycott of the store and is seeking legal advice.

Tesco said: "He hasn't been banned. Jedis are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their hoods.

"Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all appeared hoodless without ever going over to the Dark Side and we are only aware of the Emperor as one who never removed his hood.

"If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers."


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"If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers."

raftl hahah

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Bangor.....North Wales.......nuff said.

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http://www.jedichurch.org/

have a look at this. what idiots hahah

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Fear ,Anger, Aggression.Forces of the dark side are these.If once you start down the dark side, forever it will dominate your destiny, consume you it will. lighten up! it"s a funny old world "thank God"if he exists some worship a carpenter who died 2,009
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Handy publicity for the site i wonder, afterall he is the founder.
Probably a harmless stoner.

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Next there will be a Cbeebies Relgion where the Night Garden is real and Igglepiggle is the true god ? Honestly i cannot believe that this is a relgion its like scientology a f***in scifi author wrote it.. Whats next!!!


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religeon- any system of faith and worship you can worship your bin if you want to.But not the government because nobody has any faith in them. I do believe there are some pretty good tax dodges in the big R

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So, the Jedi Religion is a charity - all the tax benefits included. It says you do not need to change your religion to join the church on their website. Double standards? or it is not a religion afterall! Good moneyspinner for someone - did it start in America? Its a bit like Eckankar. Their 'living god' is still around reaping the tax benefits.

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Originally Posted by SoundLad
Next there will be a Cbeebies Relgion where the Night Garden is real and Igglepiggle is the true god ?


Blasphemer!!!! Igglepiggle is the one true God!!!!!! Have you not heard the wondrous tales of Makka Pakka the great stone cleaner - cleansing the world's stones from their grime (a representation of sin)?

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In the Far East my mate's missus was a Colourthumbrian High Priestess, "S...g arse, worship the moon and don't love Jesus."
She used to wear a cloak with crescent moons and stars on, funny as ten.
It was a joke but some people used to take it serious when she told them, so easy to make a religion up, and I bet she could have got followers if she'd pushed it.


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I have a partner who worships the shrine of baccardi and coke????thats what she says when I pick her up off her her knees after a good old worship of 5 to 7 hours in the shrew,spuds,wine lodge,Mckenzies,Irish bar etc,etc,etc.

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