Brevity is the soul of wit. And wit is one thing Muslims don’t appreciate, as a British comedian is finding out:
Muslim groups are urging a widespread protest at the BBC over a Have I Got News For You joke they say was Islamophobic.
On Friday’s edition, host Sharon Horgan said: ‘The Independent described the Dostoevsky metro station… as the Mecca for suicides. Not to be confused with the Mecca of suicide bombers – which is Mecca.’
The joke received a slightly uncomfortable reaction from the studio audience, and is now set to lead to a torrent of complaints to the BBC.
Campaign group The Muslim Public Affairs Committee said: ‘By making such a comment she is giving the message that the holiest site in Islam is the centre of all terrorism and that Islam is inherently linked with violence
Of course Sharon Horgan, the comedian who made the “offensive” joke, apologized right away. She doesn’t want to experience the same fate as Theo Van Gogh, or have to live the rest of her life in a compound surrounded by armed security guards.
It looks as though humor has died in Britain. That’s what happens when you allow a bunch of soulless psychos to immigrate into your country.
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