Truly Tasteless Radical Fundamentalist Muslim Jokes

As Americans, sometimes we forget we are not the center of the world, and that other cultures, though seemingly disparate, are really much more similar to us than they are different. This is nowhere more true than with comedy. Sometimes it's a translation issue. Sometimes it's just a laziness on the part of the listener while trying to remain open minded. But to prove that humor is instictive and occurs in all cultures, I embarked on a research expedition to find humor in the least likely of places (so did Albert Brooks but that's not going to stop me from posting this because I'm nothing if not self-aggrandizing).

I speak of course of the Middle East. Possibly the least humorous people on the planet, radical fundamentalist muslims, however, have their own ways of making each other laugh. But humor is an international language, and I challenge you, reader, to not laugh at the following gut-busters I recently unearthed in an old copy of "Truly Tasteless Radical Fundamentalist Muslim Jokes" published by Putnam (Mecca). Truly, a classic.

Enjoy, my friends.

Truly Tasteless Fundamentalist Muslim Jokes #1
Superman walks into a bar. The bartender exclaims, “You do not frighten me you symbol of imperialist American hypocrisy!”And as God is good, Allah struck Superman dead on the spot.

The bartender was punished with leprosy because the serving of alcohol is also a sin.

Truly Tasteless Fundamentalist Muslim Jokes #2
Did you hear the one about the prostitute who was punished by the wise mujadeen with a public stoning? She did not survive.

Truly Tasteless Fundamentalist Muslim Jokes #3
Two Jews walk into a bar and are immediately engulfed in the flames of justice.


Yours in Inflammatory Comedy,
The Crespo