I’ve heard of comedians dying out there, but this is taking that a bit too literally. Anyway, Islamic supremacist “comedians” such as Baba Ali and Dean Obeidallah should book a few dates in Mogadishu — their whining Muslims-are-victims act would go over big there. “Islamists respond with bullets to jokes of Somali comedian,” from Middle East Online, October 30 (thanks to Twostellas):
MOGADISHU – Gunmen assassinated a well-known comedian and musician who poked fun at Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and colleagues said Tuesday.
Warsame Shire Awale, a famous composer who had worked with Somalia’s national army band before joining Radio Kulmiye as a drama producer and comedian, was attacked by two gunmen late on Monday.
“Gunmen killed him… we are investigating the matter and the killers will be brought to justice,” police chief Ahmed Hassan Malin told reporters.
“Two men armed with pistols shot and wounded him near his house in Waberi district, he died shortly after in hospital,” said Abdi Mohamed Haji, a colleague at Radio Kulmiye.
The killing, the latest in a string of attacks on media workers in Somalia, follows the murder of fellow comic Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale in August, who also worked at Kulmiye….