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A few weeks ago, a joke made rounds in Arabic-language network: A Swedish convert wanted to show in a mosque that he was a super Muslim. So he slaughtered a sheep and ran bloody knife into prayer room. “Look here, dear brors! Now it’s your turn! “said Swede. The imam answered him “Je suis Charlie” and summoned anti-terrorist unit.
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Muslims have no sense of humour, y say. For example, a Turkish caricature can be more snappy and ruthless than all episodes of today’s show combined. In past few years, Arab satire in particular is trying to criticize itself in a funny Islam. The well-developed Internet access in many countries of Middle East and North Africa, possibilities to blur its traces on net and also rage of many, especially young people, leads to a virtual competition, who is most beautiful Mohammed cartoon, Who can write best Allah joke or most insulting Koran comments. Many Arab comedians are even consciously in danger of life.
A Facebook page, which until recently very many people found very funny, was called “Kafra Maghrebeyya”. Which is called “Moroccan infidels”. As a profile picture you saw a pornographic actress with a cap on her head. “There is no Allah,” stood on it. The site with tens of thousands of followers has been offline for a few weeks. A radical Islamist had called for a television channel financed from Gulf and in Cairo to kill those responsible for site. “She is an infidel, she admits it. It is necessary to do what Allah befell to us Muslims, “said imam. The video with call to murder was shared participated, n Facebook page of “Moroccan infidels” disappeared from net – and thousands of solidarity confessions emerged. One user commented on censorship: “Don’t let yourself get under. Toger we are strong. Your work is so important! “
Ritually clean after pups?
The infidels, for example, asked why Salafists upset that or people worshipped stones, even though same Salafists worshipped Kaaba in Mecca (a stone building). Tens of thousands of reactions picked her up for this rhetorical question. She uploaded a video, that shows worshipper in sacred Mosque of Mecca, how he gives a loud pup to best during prayer and live on television – and thinks for a long time wher he can simply continue to pray or be honest, let faithful wait and Ritu anew should be washed. The infidels had previously published a picture Quran: Instead of text of “sure cow” one saw an animal suffering from BSE. At “Sure Women” räkelten dancers on poles. In “sure Stones” toilet paper was pictured because this instead of stones spare anus.
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But religion-critical satire in Arabic can also be more subtle and often comes with less fecal humor. The satire page Khase is one of most successful joke factories in Arab internet world. Almost every Arab who is on go online has seen a meme or a saying of Khase and laughed at it with a high probability. Khase means lettuce. As a logo, makers have chosen a purple lettuce. This has no deeper reason, it just looks funny. As a greeting, visitors to site will first see a warning on Facebook: “This page is going to get you out of your peace!”
