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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 08:45 AM
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Dark humour for dark times
BBC News

By Stephen Evans
North America business correspondent


One of the unexpected consequences of the 9/11 attacks in the United States is an upsurge in humour by and about Muslims, which has begun to be enjoyed by a wider American audience.

Is there such a thing as Muslim humour?

I wondered this in the lobby of the Keenan Theatre in Columbia, South Carolina, as I waited to see a show called Allah Made Me Funny.

It was an unlikely venue for one of the stops on a tour by three Muslim stand-up comics.

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