Muslims and Humour

Bernard Schweizer is Professor Emeritus of English at the Department of English, Philosophy and Languages at Long Island University.Lina Molokotos-Liederman is Affiliated Researcher at the Woolf Institute and Scientific Collaborator at University of Fribourg.Yasmin Amin recently completed her doctoral studies at University of Exeter with a dissertation titled, “Humour and Laughter in the Ḥadīth”.

• Introduction - Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-Liederman PART I Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Humour1 Ridicule in the Qur’an: The Missing Link in Islamic Humour Studies - Mostafa Abedinifard2 Laughter in the Discursive Tradition? Emotions of Muḥammad as the Topic of a Pious Arabic-English Reader - Georg Leube3 Humour in Islamic Literature and Muslim Practices: Virtue or Vice? - Walid Ghali PART II Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Textual Media4 Using/Abusing the Qur’an in Jocular Literature: Blasphemy, Qur’anophilia, or Familiarity? - Yasmin Amin5 A 'Stupid Lur' Mocks Allah and Mullah: Sociocultural Implications of the Luri Jokes Cycle - Fatemeh Nasr EsfahaniPART III Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Visual Media and Performance6 Al- Bernameg: How Bassem Youssef Ridiculed Religious Fundamentalists and Survived the ‘Defamation of Religion’ Charge - Moutaz Alkheder7 Arab Cartoonists and Religion: The Interdependence of Transgression and Taboo - Chourouq Nasri8 Hizbullah’s Humour: Political Satire, Comedy, and Revolutionary Theatre - Joseph Alagha9 ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’: Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy - Mona Abdel-FadilPART IV Muslim Comedy in North America10 Queering Islam in Performance: Gender and Sexuality in American Muslim Women’s Stand-up Comedy - Jaclyn A. Michael11 Comedy as Social Commentary in Little Mosque on the Prairie: Decoding Humour in the First ‘Muslim Sitcom’ - Jay FriesenConclusion - Bernard Schweizer and Lina Molokotos-LiedermanBibliography on Islam and Humour