Ayatollah Khomeini famously proclaimed: “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” His own son said he had seen Khomeini laugh only once. It happened when Oriana Fallaci, the celebrated Italian journalist, was interviewing him, and asked him about the chador, the full-body garment that Iranian women were forced to wear in the new Islamic Republic. In fact, she had to wear one for the interview.
“How do you swim in a chador?” Fallaci asked. “Our customs are none of your business. If you do not like Islamic dress, you are not obliged to wear it,” Khomeini replied. “That’s very kind of you, Imam. And since you said so, I’m going to take off this stupid, medieval rag right now.” She removed her chador. The interview was called off.
After a day had passed, Khomeini apparently had reconsidered, and Fallaci came back to interview Khomeini; his son Ahmed had asked her not to mention the word “chador” again. But Fallaci did. And Khomeini laughed. After the interview was over, Ahmed told her that it was the only time in his life that he had seen his father laugh.
Last year the Iranian government showed that there is indeed no humor in Islam and no fun in Islam. It shut down a leading newspaper, Sedayeh Eslahat, because in one line of one article, the teeny-tiniest of little jokes was made. Almost a year later, the paper remains closed; there is apparently no sufficient penance for humor.
Reports say Sedayeh Eslahat ordered shut by top prosecutor for ‘desecrating’ family of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson.
Iran’s top prosecutor has ordered the closure of a reformist newspaper on charges of “insulting” Shia Islam, according to media reports.
Mohammad Jafar Montazeri ordered the shutting down of Sedayeh Eslahat for “desecrating” the family of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein, the Fars news agency reported on Friday.
The article that caused offence was about a female-to-male gender reassignment surgery, according to The Associated Press, which cited Iranian media reports.
It was published on the newspaper’s front page on Thursday and carried the headline: “Ruqayyah became Mahdi after 22 years.”
Ruqayyah was the daughter of Hussein and the article was published during Muharram, a holiday in which Shia Muslims mourn the Imam’s death.
‘According to Shia Islam, Mahdi is the name of the 12th Shia Imam who has lived since the 9th century.
In a letter published by Fars, Montazeri said the article caused “protest during these days of sorrow”, and ordered the editor of Sedayeh Eslahat be punished over its publication.
Iran is ranked 164th out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) press freedom index.
In August, Iranian courts jailed seven journalists and ordered them to be flogged publicly over their coverage of protests by the Dervish minority.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said the “horrifying sentences laid bare Iranian authorities’ depraved attitude toward journalists.”
The Islamic Republic clearly does not believe in a free press. It is ranked 164th out of 180 countries in press freedom. Also last year, it shut down a news outlet focusing on Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish minority, which had reported on protests by the dervishes, Sufi Muslims long mistreated by a Shi’a establishment that disapproves of their ways. Two of the outlet’s editors received long sentences. A Tehran Revolutionary court sentenced news editor Reza Entesari to seven years in prison, 74 lashes, two years of exile in the northeastern city of Khaf, a two-year ban on leaving the country, and a two-year ban on political and media activity.
Another editor, Mostafa Abdi, received an even more severe punishment. Abdi was sentenced to 26 years and three months in prison and 148 lashes, in addition to two years of exile in the southeastern province of Sistan Baluchistan and two-year bans on leaving the country and engaging in political and media acts.
In the summer of 2018, there were large anti-government protests in many Iranian cities. Angry crowds shouted “Death to Khamenei” and “Reza Shah,” as well as “Death to Palestine” and “Leave Syria Alone and Deal With Iran.” No newspaper in Iran dared to cover these protests, but of course, videos of the crowds, posted to social media, could not be stopped.
But what was being objected to in the Sedayah Eslahat case was not the contents of the story, but merely a little joke by the editors that apparently was deemed sufficiently “sacrilegious” to warrant not a fine, or a temporary closure, or the firing of an editor, but rather, the shutting down of the whole newspaper. The article was about gender reassignment surgery. It reported; it did not endorse. But the editors thought it would be mildly funny to describe the female-to-male change, in an allusion all Shi’a would instantly recognize, as being one where a female humorously called “Ruqayyah” (the daughter of Imam Hussein, grandson of Muhammad), having waited 22 years for the operation (the girl in the story was apparently 22), changed — remember, it was a joke, just a joke, for god’s sake — into the male “Mahdi” (the Mahdi is the name of the 12th Shia Imam who, the Shi’a believe, has been living, though hidden, since the 9th century). It was not meant to be disrespectful — the editors would have had to be madmen to try that — but rather, an affectionate allusion that all Shi’a would instantly recognize.
This is something the Iranian regime’s dour masters have a hard time comprehending. It’s what sane people of a normally humorous bent call “a joke,” or, if you prefer, une blague, uno scherzo, ein Witz, un chiste, shutka. The Iranian editors, their newspaper now closed for almost a year (with no indication that it will ever reopen), and awaiting their own personal punishment, showed they have a sense of humor. Those in the regime who shut them down, for a single sentence clearly not meant disrespectfully, following the example of their Glorious Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, on the other hand, clearly do not.
mike says
well guess what the jokes on them
I’m looking forward to the party in the after life
CRUSADER says
squirrel nut zippers
song “HELL”
sings of the ….AfterLife !
Tremendously inspiring stuff…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BVT78LkPKS8
mortimer says
The Iranian mullahs have sowed the wind and will reap a whirlwind. They are the most corrupt clergy in any country.
Westman says
It’s rumored that, when studying religion in Qom as a young man, Khomeini was perplexed when the comparative religion instructor read a bible passage that said, “Man is that that he might have joy”. Khomeini then asked, “Who was this Joy?”
sunshineinjuly says
Reminds me of the guys who went to a party to make Mary…when she left they all jumped for Joy….lol
Beverly says
There is no love in Islam either. If you can kill your own children what won’t you do.
SAFI says
What on eatrh do you mean there’s no love in Islam?… Have you never heard “We Love Death more than you love Life!”
David says
The only thing in islam is stagnation and death.
No Muzzies Here says
The Islamists are right. Islam is no joke. In fact there is nothing likable in it. It promotes murder of non-believers and rape of women.
Ole Pederson says
Without the threat of violence everybody would laugh at the Muslim beliefs. The earth is flat and so on.
Islam is a joke.
Or it would be, without the threat of violence.
Keys says
Thank you, Ayatollah Khomeini, for your apt definition of Hell: no fun, no laughter, no joy.
For Khomeini to honor Allah he must submit to making “hell” on Earth.
FYI says
“There are no jokes in islam…” is a statement that always makes me… laugh.
islam;”The religion of PEACE”?
{that’s the biggest joke of all!}
muhammed the “prophet” with the WINGED FLYING HORSE who failed the Poison Test?
allah’s “perfect” koran which contains scientific,logical and theological ERRORS like..getting the religion of Abraham wrong,getting the anatomy and physiology behind human reproductive wrong{k23:14,k96;2..consider that if allah misunderstands reproductive biology then he doesn’t really know where babies come from},allah’s Astronomy is clearly 7th c{and thus totally wrong}…when was the Moon split in half,how could the Sun possibly set in a muddy pool?
I always like to imagine that no sooner had khomeni said that,then he slipped on a banana peel,bowled over 3 revolutionary guards,got his foot stuck in a mischievously placed bucket of bacon grease which propelled him into the air landing in an illegal beer barrel and then bitten on the bum by a pig called moshe.
Rufolino says
Banana skins are banned, they might instigate a joke, and laughter isn’t permitted. In Iran banana skins are viewed as potentially subversive. The effects are now called called “bananaphobia” and it’s causing widespread eratic behaviour throughout the Islamic Republic..
Naram-Sin says
Islam is the joke. A bad one, but still a joke.
Angemon says
Can you imagine their afterlife? Having to put on a serious, straight face and demeanour while bedding the virgins, drinking from the rivers of wine, etc.
Would make a nice comedy sketch, actually… 😀
Rarely says
Those 72 virgins are too busy to laugh. Then again maybe they’re bored because no one has made it up there yet. Oh, it’s so confusing.
Who was who said:” I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin”. You see “virginity” is fluid.
Giacomo Latta says
As soon as a woman has been penetrated she is no longer a virgin. Therefore, these virgin-loving Muslims must immediately withdraw. Makes you wonder why they are so obsessed with sex.
Christina Pansy says
Islam’s concept of God stinks to high heaven.
David says
Islamic jokes:
A suicide bomber’s life. Immigrate; integrate; disintegrate.
From America we get chlorinated chicken. From Islam we get Koranated chicken.
Are we mocking Islam by calling it the ‘religion of peace’? Oh, no, it was their idea! Sort of self-mocking, which is okay. I didn’t think that muslims did irony.
Has anyone opened a hairdresser in a muslim area and called it ‘The Grooming Gang’?
How about a Wedding Shop: “The Bride and Groomer”? (Children’s sizes our speciality)
What to buy for your son: A bomber jacket. Boom Boom!
When you join Islam, you get a Life Sentence. When you leave Islam, you get a Death Sentence.
SAFI says
Oh come on! How can you accuse those who named their conquest ideology the …Religion of… Peace!(ROFLMAO I really can’t stop laughing) of being humorless!?! Seems like you’re someone who wouldn’t understand Allah’s devine sarcasm even if it chopped your your hands and feet on opposite sides.
Ok, I see how someone could get the impression that a movement which likes to proclaim that “We Love Death more than you love Life” might be humorless but nothing could be further from the truth. In reality Islamic Supremacists make jokes all the time, except with the caveat that the jokes are typically at the expense of the Kuffar and usually behind their backs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbf8Qu_4nVw
But honestly all you have to do is read the Holy Qeeran and the the Prophetic Hadith with an open mind and you’ll see for yourself that there never was a greater comedian in Arabia, than Muhammad and his parody of a “god”, “Our” Supreme Majesty, “Allah, The Best of Deceivers!”
CRUSADER says
“Jihad Seekers Allowance”
video link above really is offensive to Non-muslims !
?
Walter Sieruk says
Actually that Muslim is speaking the truth when he said that there is is no humor in Islam.
For example , Ayatollah Khomeini had declared “The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam . There can be no…joy in whatever is serious.” [1]
[1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Ibn Warraq page 348.
Rarely says
Life is full of hardship, trials and tribulations — without humour and periods of joy it would be unbearable.
Certainly people who live without humour and joy are miserable. The saying that “Misery likes company” is wholly incorrect. “Misery doesn’t like company, it insists upon it”.
sheliak says
Remove the very concepts of joy, laughter, lightheartedness, irony and healthy self-deprecation from life and you produce pieced together Frankensteins who delight in indiscriminate mass murder.
CRUSADER says
Sounds like the recipe ingredients for the cookbook, “Koran” !
Rolf Wittwer says
Too many Muslims are happy and laughing, chanting, distributing sweets and congratulate eachother, ONLY when some “Kuffars” have been chased away, insulted, injured or killed.
And our civilized world has to be quiet and accept it – due to PC, which ist used by “peaceful” Islam as one of many weapons, to take over and install devilish dictatorships – under the umbrella of their “Allah”.
Our times ago beautiful planet lost its real happiness.
CRUSADER says
Remember how MObama said that call to prayer was a sweet sound…
That had to be a sardonic joke!
David says
Crusader: Well it was sweet to him. Obama sin-Laden.
gravenimage says
“There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam.”
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About the only thing Muslims celebrate is Jihad slaughter:
“’Palestinian’ Muslims hand out candy and shoot fireworks to celebrate jihad murder of 19-year-old Israeli student
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/08/palestinians-hand-out-candy-to-celebrate-jihad-murder-of-19-year-old-israeli-student
CRUSADER says
Grimly so !
David says
g i, they claim they were celebrating Eid or as we call it: IED
gravenimage says
+1
CRUSADER says
HINT:
If you cannot laugh….
You cannot live !
?
David says
Laugh? I nearly became a muslim! (lol)
Pete says
“There is no fun in islam”
what about mutaa marriage???
Kerry Wade says
I recall a Russian comedian saying every time you make a joke about the Soviet Union it becomes a mini revolution and the Soviet state loses a little of its power. Same is true about this aberration called Islam.
Lookmann says
Late author Tom Clancy in one of his novels mentioned the Iranian Mullah’s addiction to porn videos.
[ video cassettes then]
Top Google search in Pakistan was for ‘sex with animals’.
Perhaps these are not fun, may be a ‘form of worship’ of ‘the most ideal man in the world’
[ actually the psychotic rapist/ killer of 7th century]
toomanyhobbies says
mankind must laugh, it is part of human nature, and to suppress it only leads to mental illness, depression and suicide.
David says
You forgot to add: And conversion to islam
OLD GUY says
ISLAM IS THE JOKE, what other religion supports rape, honor murder, wife beating, child abuse and slavery? What other group of religious people celebrate the murder and beatings of individuals? NONE.
Hala Mohammed says
Islam never encouraged misogyny and the idea of the so Called Imams and Mullahs are false. Because there isn’t a single verse in the Holy Quran that supports rape or murder of innocent people. And before you all talk about Islam in a bad way, just investigate what you are going to talk about. or in other words, think before you write. Islam is the religion of Love and Humanity. I just feel sorry for Y’all if you die without being Islam. And Mr. Robert Spencer, whenever you are, you know the right thing about Islam yet you are trying to manipulate people to being islamophobic. Your writing is really bad and maybe you think that the terrorists and rapists are Muslims because they mention the name of Allah before doing their devilish acts. Well guess what, they aren’t because killing innocents is the second greatest crime in Islam.
SAFI says
“killing innocents is the second greatest crime in Islam”? riiiight… So what is the single greatest then? “Unbelief”? “Idolatry”? “Apostacy”? “Blasphemy” maybe? It has to be one of those since they all warrant the perpetrator’s death… But then again so does homosexuality and several other offences… including one that is called “making mischief in the land”… Not sure if the death penalty also applies for those Mohammed called “hypocrites”(those who abstain from the killing of infidels) but oh well…
I guess your statement might be true except with the caveat that the only people that can potentially be regarded as innocents under Islam’s worldview are fellow muslims belonging to the same sect… and even then…
Angemon says
“Islam never encouraged misogyny and the idea of the so Called Imams and Mullahs are false. Because there isn’t a single verse in the Holy Quran that supports rape”
quran 4:24 – And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess.
What would you call allowing sex with sex slaves if not rape?
“r murder of innocent people”
Define “innocent”. Are non-muslims who refuse to convert to islam innocent?
“And before you all talk about Islam in a bad way, just investigate what you are going to talk about.”
You mean we need to hear even more lectures by islamic scholars telling us what they think of non-muslims – how we are subhumans, how we are going to burn in hellfire for all eternity, etc.?
“or in other words, think before you write. Islam is the religion of Love and Humanity. ”
A religion whose texts, despite claiming to be crystal clear and free of errors, lie about Christianity and Judaism and require interpretation so we, non-believers, think that “kill the unbelievers” doesn’t actually mean “kill the unbelievers”…
“I just feel sorry for Y’all if you die without being Islam. ”
Let me guess: we’ll burn in hellfire for all eternity… No, thanks, I’ll take my chances… How about, instead, you take a cold, hard look into your life and try tofigure out what you could become had you not a 7th-century vehicle for Arab supremacism holding you back? Then take a good, critical look at your coreligionist’s nations and try to figure out why they’re s***holes…
“nd Mr. Robert Spencer, whenever you are, you know the right thing about Islam yet you are trying to manipulate people to being islamophobic. Your writing is really bad and maybe you think that the terrorists and rapists are Muslims because they mention the name of Allah before doing their devilish acts.”
Lol! You can’t manipulate anyone into having a phobia – a phobia is a mental illness, you numbnuts. In any case, people link islam with terrorism not because of anything Mr. Spencer, or any other JW contributor but because day after day, year after year we see muslims committing horrifying actions and justifying them with islamic texts. And a cursory look into your texts and history only serves to prove them right.
“Well guess what, they aren’t because killing innocents is the second greatest crime in Islam.”
First of all, being a crime under islam doesn’t mean muslims won’t do it. So, and since you brought up the alleged lack of quranic support for rape how about you act as you preach and bring quranic evidence for your claim – that muslims who murder innocents aren’t muslims. Second, define innocents – are people who refuse to convert to islam innocents or are they enemies of allah?
gravenimage says
Hala Mohammed wrote:
Islam never encouraged misogyny and the idea of the so Called Imams and Mullahs are false.
……………………….
So beating wives and raping Infidels is not misogynistic? This is indeed in the Qur’an. What have these Imams and Mullahs supposedly gotten wrong?
More:
Because there isn’t a single verse in the Holy Quran that supports rape or murder of innocent people.
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By “innocent people” Hala Mohammed means pious Muslims. Note that she is fine with the rape and murder of people who are *not* deemed innocent, like Infidels and wives who might be considering disobedience.
More:
And before you all talk about Islam in a bad way, just investigate what you are going to talk about. or in other words, think before you write.
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Under Shari’ah no criticism of the horrors of Islam are allowed.
More:
Islam is the religion of Love and Humanity.
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Is that why there are over 35,000 Jihad terror attacks just since 9/11? How “loving” is this?
If this Muslimah *really* believed this tripe, she would be trying to convince her fellow Muslims that they are misunderstanding their faith, instead of slinging Taqiyya at the good Infidels here.
More:
I just feel sorry for Y’all if you die without being Islam. And Mr. Robert Spencer, whenever you are, you know the right thing about Islam yet you are trying to manipulate people to being islamophobic.
……………………….
How is opposing Jihad terror a bad thing? How is supporting this savagery “the right thing”?
More:
Your writing is really bad and maybe you think that the terrorists and rapists are Muslims because they mention the name of Allah before doing their devilish acts. Well guess what, they aren’t because killing innocents is the second greatest crime in Islam.
……………………….
And again if this Muslimah *really* believed this, why wouldn’t she be trying to reform her coreligionists who are raping and murdering in the name of Islam?
And what’s the greatest crime? Not submitting to the violent oppression of Islam? In that case, Infidels are indeed fair game to be raped and murdered.
David says
I hope the truth will gradually leak out to the wider audience of infidels.