Howdy!

Thanks for this. :)

Omid Djalili (a Bahá'í) jokes about the Middle East a lot. Particularly Iran. Here's one where he explores interfaith dialogue as a means of conflict-resolution.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlDlvawjV1A&feat...

Cheers,

LilWabbit

Iran and America by Omid Djalili. ;)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYOI5K8E7WQ&feat...

Salutations from Kimberly,

Nov 5, 2011 -- 12:31PM, IDBC wrote:

Howdy Buddy

I found all the links on youtube by Omid Djalili to be funny. 

I never heard of him before so I asked god about him

God told me:

www.answers.com/topic/omid-djalili

You and God seem to hit it off like bros. What's your secret?

I see that he was born in the U.K. and his parents were from Iran but I don't know if he is Bahai or Muslim.  I would suspect that he is Bahai.

He is. 

I am very certain that Omid would not...go over well in Iran.

Would you agree with my suspicions?

Most certainly. And as you may have noticed, he doesn't make jokes about Muslims nor Islam, but of Iran.

I also think that there would be less objections to telling jokes about "Muslims" then there would be to telling jokes about "Islam" or the "Quran" or "Muhammad".

What do you think?

Probably, although as far as the reception goes, many are likely to take such jokes as poking fun at Islam. Religious jokes work the best when they are made by (a) religionists themselves and (b) in a manner that pokes fun at religious stereotypes of more than one religion equally (like the first joke of Djalili on this thread).

Best,

Kim

A man is taking a walk in Central park in New York. Suddenly he sees a little girl being attacked by a pit bull dog . He runs over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing the dog and saving the girl's life.

A policeman who was watching the scene walks over and says: "You are a hero, tomorrow you can read it in all the newspapers: "Brave New Yorker saves the life of little girl" The man says: - "But I am not a New Yorker!" "Oh ,then it will say in newspapers in the morning: 'Brave American saves life of little girl'" – the policeman answers. "But I am not an American!" – says the man. "Oh, what are you then? " The man says: - "I am a Saudi !" The next day the newspapers says: "Islamic extremist kills innocent American dog.

A man is taking a walk in . Suddenly he sees a littlthe Gaza strip girl being attacked by a pit bull dog . He runs over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing the dog and saving the girl's life.

A policeman who was watching the scene walks over and says: "You are a hero, tomorrow you can read it in all the newspapers: "Brave Palestian saves the life of little girl" The man says: - "But I am not a Palestinian.!" "Oh ,then it will say in newspapers in the morning: 'Brave Arab saves life of little girl'" – the policeman answers. "But I am not an Arab!" – says the man. "Oh, what are you then? " The man says: - "I am an Israeli!" The next day the newspapers says: "Zionist extremist kills innocent Palestinian dog.