- [Kheris] My name is Kheris Rogers
and I was being bullied for my dark skin complexion.
I've turned a negative into a positive
by making a clothing line called
Flexin In My Complexion and it's blowing up.
Now my family and I are going around
speaking to other kids who are also
being bullied but came out stronger.
This is Beyond Bullied.
Today we're going to go meet a Muslim girl scout troop.
Can you believe the entire group
was being bullied for their religion?
So they decided to teach their
community about the Muslim religion.
Hey!
- [girl Scouts] Hi!
- How are you?
- Good
- I'm Kheris, nice to meet you.
- I'm Dana
- Hi, I'm Kheris
- So this is the main lobby of the mosque
- So we can walk inside and if
we can just take our shoes off inside
and some of us are going to put our scarves on; so let's go.
- Okay I'm going to show you how to
put on a head scarf, it's called a Hijab.
So, you basically want one side to be longer than the other.
If you put that on your head yeah.
- You have beautiful hair.
- Thank you, I know it's all over the place.
Just pull it back.
- Alright
- I can help you if you like.
- Yeah
- So, you got the right idea.
- So, I heard you guys were being bullied
and I was also being bullied so
I wanted to hear you guy's story.
- So, one day I come out and like
just a normal day for me, going home after school
and there's these hecklers outside of the gate.
They're spewing profanity, I was really scared
and I started crying like I just completely blanked out.
Saying that I am Muslim in a school environment,
even when someone asks me what my religion is
I'll feel like a slight second hesitation of
and think, oh what if they shared
the same belief as those hecklers?
- I really remember the moment
where Kheris was in the bathtub one day
and she told me like she wanted to stay in the bathtub
longer so that her skin could be lighter.
So, is there anything that you
guys have you know experienced.
- We often get visited by hecklers
standing outside they're leaving the home
and then you know you get a bunch of guys out there
with holster belts and you know signs, it's very scary
and this is when you teach them, they don't know
what they're saying, obviously, you know better
you know your religion better but let's reach out.
Let's teach them what the true Islam is.
- If I tell this person will they not like me anymore
or will they not talk to me anymore?
Will they like, not want to be around me anymore?
- We were confronted by a lady who came up to us
and just told me to take my scarf off my head
and started calling it profane language
and so it was really a downer for me being young
and having to experience that but it also
made me be able to stand up and have
outreach services with my girl scouts.
So that made me a much stronger Muslim and person, I think.
- I think it's so important that we celebrate
our differences, That's what makes our country so unique.
- And it's not only celebrating differences
but it's also finding commonalities.
We're more the same than we are different
and let's celebrate that, let's celebrate
our commonalities but also appreciate
and learn from our differences as well.
- Our very first Open Mosque Day was three years ago.
First year it was open to girl scouts
and then it just kept growing then we opened
it to the public and every time
we get so many positive feedbacks.
Our Girl Scout Law and Promise
includes being considerate and caring
and being friendly, helpful, being a sister
to other people, just being a better human being.
That mission of trying to turn hate into
understanding love, that as a girl scout
that means a lot to us too, and as Muslims.
- I wanted to be a Girl Scout but it didn't work out for me.
You can join our troop.
- Yeah
- This is a gift for you
- Oh
- It's from the troop.
- Thank you
- It's your name written in Arabic caligraphy
- Oh wow.
- And these are some dried fruits and dates and nuts.
- Oh thank you.
- This is from the Islamic center here as a gift to you.
- Appreciate it.
- I'm going to be smacking on these in the car.
- Yeah group Hug
- Thank you
- And now for the surprise
- We got their community to show them some love.
- Girls, on behalf of Girl Scouts of Orange County,
we could not be prouder of you.
You know we want to build girls of courage,
confidence, and character who make the world a better place,
and what you've done has shown all of that and more.
- My little brownies over there
came to Open Mosque Day this past spring
and it was their first time ever in a mosque
and I really appreciated that you showed that to my girls
and you guys changed my whole life.
So, thanks. Thank you.
- You're an example of what we need more of in this world.
Which is to bring people together
and that's just a beautiful thing.
So, I'm really proud of you guys.
- We know that you are gonna go on to
do even more wonderful and big things.
So congratulations, you're awesome young ladies.
- It's amazing what can happen when
a lot of awesome people get together!
What would you like people to know about your faith?
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