Love the article. hear hear! A really popular comedy show that makes fun of ozzie mozzies in Australia would actually be very theraputic for the whole country. Skits about aussie mozzie girls carrying bombs underneith their burkas, or new burqa fashions eg. see thru burkas made out of plastic that would not only keep the rain off, but also ensure that no bombs could be hidden. Hijabs that look just like hair so as not to offend your peers at school.
A bit of humour might actually enhance the image of muslims! Come on Australian muslims, lead the way!

We don't make jokes about Islam for the same reason as we don't generally tend to make many jokes about mentally and physically handicapped kids--because these kids are to be pitied not laughed at. We also suspect that the vast majority of Christians don't really believe what they say--they are fair game. Sure Christians use the rhetoric for polical effect and sure they enjoy a good sing, but they don't really mean it. There are enough Jerry Falwells and Ian Paisleys for us all to have a good laugh. However, Muslims are different, they actually believe in their religion and therefore they are like the handicapped kid, they can't help it and you don't make jokes about people who can't help themselves. It would be fine if they played at their religion like most catholics and protestants and even the Jews. For us in the west religion is a life style choice, something we to do, to fill the day. But not for muslims, they believe and as such they just aren't funny, to be pitied but not to be laughted at.

JB1

Have you not bothered to follow this thread?

On it you will find plenty of humour, ranging from the not-so-well-meaning/borderline offensive 'humour' of skidmarx (relieved I don't have to do his laundry) to the laugh-out-loud variety provided by Fellow Human.

Or perhaps you deliberately ignored these posts in order to promote the stereotype of muslims-not-having-a-sense-of-humour? Why lose an opportunity to denigrate some people, hey?

Never let reality get in the way of a chance to vilify.

Fuzzman, you nearly got it right, only you missed the punchline (remember, this came from London....)

A chap walks in to a sex shop in London and asks for an inflatable doll.

The sales attendant ask him whether he'd like a male or female. "Female, please" he says.

Black or white, sir? "White, thank you" he replies.

Christian or Muslim, sir? "I say, what on earth has religion to do with a sex toy" exclaims the customer.

"The Muslim dolls blow themselves up, sir"

"And the Christians?"

"They never go down on you."

JB1, your comment is so funny.

Anyway on the topic, more Muslim jokes from a muslim:

1.
Child: why there was no Television in Afghanistan?
Father: cause they have a ‘tele-ban’ movement son!

2.
A Muslim, A Christian and a Jew were talking about charity:

- The muslim said, Our zakat is compulsory 2.5% of all we own.
- The Christian said: the priest tell us to dig a hole and throw our money in the air, what lands in the whole goes to the church and what land outside we take home.
- The Jewish guy said: we dig a hole and throw our money, what lands in the whole belongs to the temple, what lands outside we take to our kids and what the winds take goes to charity.

3.
A missionary landed in Indonesia and hired a rickshaw pulled by a Muslim worker. Not wasting time, the missionary started preaching about his faith, the glory of God and the Muslim was listening with interest. Until the missionary mentioned the ‘son of God’ then the rickshaw stopped: “how many sons does your almighty, all powerful, all wealthy God have?”. Only one, replied the missionary. The rickshaw stopped and the muslim worker looked puzzled: "I work all day to feed 12 sons and your God can afford only one?"

Q: What do you call a fundamentalist agnostic
A: An athiest

R0bert