As the Ayatollah Khomeini said, "There is no humor in Islam," and that may make it difficult at times to distingish parody from reality.
Jihad Watch reader Wayne has pointed out to me that this parody from a site called Deadbrain has ended up as the lead story right now at the website of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee of the United Kingdom (MPACUK).
Hey, mistakes will be made. After all, the piece is entitled "Blair denies Britain is a police state," and that's just what at least one Muslim leader is claiming. But you'd think that passages such as "The most worrying thing about all of this is not my civil liberties, but the fact that the satellite location photographs they presented show that I have a slight bald spot that I didn't know about" or "Ramsbottom was fined £15, advised to lower his cholesterol, buy a decent map, and not to park illegally again" would have made somebody at MPACUK suspect that all was not quite on the level here.
Speaking of There Is No Humor In Islam, Steve Martin is asking for a death fatwa (thanks to Andrew Bostom for the heads-up).
Humor is distinctly human because it is based on the laws of reason, especially the laws of contradiction that permit us to see absurdity. Therefore there should be no surprise Ayatollah Khomeini said, "There is no humor in Islam".
LOL at the MPAC. What a bunch of paranoid dimwits. And kudos to Steve Martin. He is a lot funnier than Woody Allen. I don't think he will get his fatwa though. If Muslims can't distinguish a parody from a real news story, then how will they understand what's in the New Yorker.
Have a Giggle at this site: http//ahmed-mohammed.mindswap.net
Remember now when we are speaking of muslims and reality this is code for Bizarro World.
I don't want Steve Martin to get killed, of course, but a fatwa resulting from this would go far in showing what a demented lot male Muslims are. Esp. since there is no "72 Virgin Paradise." LOL! Did Mohammed contrive that to make his male followers go into battle more easily??? What a total joke!
I'm proud of Steve Martin and "The New Yorker" right now. Good Work Steve and "NY'er"!!!
I can hear him saying: "So you want to kill me for mocking your religion? Well, excuuuuuuusssssseeeeee me"
From the article:
"We also found references to 'Iran' in his emails, cleverly disguised as a resume, in which we identified 'Iran a recruitment agency' and 'Iran a charity for old people'."
Apparently this is what offended the Khomeiniac.
Need to expose the true character of an Islamist? Use practical jokes! But keep a safe distance...
-XRDC
Ha, ha! This is priceless.
FYI: the Archbishop of York has warned that the [UK] government's anti-terror measures are in danger of moving Britain "close to a police state":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6329815.stm
Yay! Steve Martin! that Steve Martin connect made my day.
As for humor in Islam. There are several stand up 'acts' around consisting of a Jewish comic and an Arab or Iranian with the theme of 'we'll use comedy to show the world we CAN get along etc. etc.
The point is that I have NO animosity per se ( nor does any other semi-intelligent person) to race, ethnicity etc. of anyone its the RELIGION that's the point and these comics are thoroughly westernized NON practicing ex Muslims.
My name is Ficmad Tionmam, I am Supreme Islamic Leader of the Muslim Western Eastern Northern Southern region of allah. I hereby decree a fatwa that all Muslisms must attack themselves to the death in preparation for paradise.
As Supreme Islamic Leader, the fatwa states that infidels are too putrid to associate with even in martyrdom and all Muslims are to prepare for rivers of honey and numerous virgins.
Leave the west with decay in it's debachery, the Asian to consume themselves in idolotry and the European to mold away in mildew of despair.
The fatwa has spoken. All Muslims must attack themselves to prove they are Muslims.
Survivors will prove they are not.
As all Muslims declare they are Supreme Leader, the fatwa declares I am Supreme Leader. The fatwa has spoken.
A friend has tried twice now to leave a comment pointing out their error - but it has yet to appear.
He thinks that the commenting does nothing - or is so highly moderated that nothing gets through - even though he pointed out politely that this story was in error and that the mistake might be miscontrued as by "Islamaphobes" as indicating that their fact checking wasn't as robust as it should be ...
"Ramsbottom" had better stay clear of those arab goatherders, or that bald spot will be the least of his worries.
"'Ramsbottom' had better stay clear...."
-- fropm a posting above
Don't worry. Ayatollah Khomeini has written an islamically-correct combination cookbook and etiquette guide for just such occasions. Its Farsi title escapes me, but the not-yet-published English version bears the working title "Ayatollah Khomeini On Serving Them Right." When it does come out, I'll be happy to send you a copy.
Now look at what MPAC UK have done about it. They now pretend they knew it was a joke all the time.
But I know better http://theymadeitup.squarespace.com/the-latest-news-and-discussion/2007/2/8/mpac-uk-link-to-a-joke-but-dont-realise-it.html
MPAC are now trying to say that they know it's a joke. No way! They made total utter fools of themselves. Great!
Steve Martins piece reminds me of my "wild and crazy guy" misspent youth. I think I heard a lot of those sentiments myself. His piece is as funny as the Danish cartoon of Mo. saying STOP, STOP, WE RAN OUT OF VIRGINS!!
They truly dont get IT. No love, joy, humour, or peace. The looks on their faces are amazingly devoid of everything except fear and hatred. Its mostly the result of direct demonic possession by bowing down five times a day to the Moon god called Satan. Their "god" DEMANDS the oblation. Some few "moderate" peaceful Muslims are subject (thru fear) to the rantings of the radicals and refuse to say anything to the contrary. Over time they secretly begin to back the radicals because of the continued oppression of demons they unwittingly allow access to by the five daily worships of them.
Here is a joke that I revised some and added a completely different ending so I claim it as mine. Laughter is the best medicine. I have told this joke only one time and got a big laugh. Tomorrow night I will tell it again in front of a big audience. We know how to laugh and our spirit cannot be diminished by the muslim menace. It is not because we think they are funny! We know what they are and what they want to do to us. Anyway, here's the joke.....I hope you like it:
There were six house of worship in a small Texas town:
The Presbyterian Church, The Baptist Church, The Methodist Church, The Catholic Church, the Jewish Synagogue, and a Muslim Mosque.
They were all overrun by pesky squirrels.
One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they Determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will..
In The BAPTIST CHURCH the squirrels had taken up habitation in the baptistery.
The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the baptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels got out somehow and there were twice as many there the next week.
The Methodist Church got together and decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creation. So, they humanely trapped the Squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of town. Three days later, the squirrels were back.
But -- The Catholic CHURCH came up with the best and most effective solution. They baptized the squirrels and registered them as members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter
Not much was heard about the Jewish Synagogue, but they took one squirrel and had a short service with him called circumcision and they haven't seen a squirrel on their property since.
The Mosque abducted their squirrels and strapped explosives on them, but ironically for the Muslems the squirrels got away and ran back into the mosque!
Now there are only five houses of worship in the small Texas town.