This is the concluding part in my short series on humor. Having talked about what kind of humor has existed, I wanted to close it out by talking about one perspective on guiding principles in terms of our use of and reaction to humor.
I feel that I have adequately backed up my claims that humor […]
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Humor - A Normative Perspective
Published June 19th, 2007 in Humor, Islam, Islamic Law and Muslims and the Arts. 12 CommentsA Tradition of Humor
Published May 28th, 2007 in History, Humor, Islam, Muslims and the Arts and Quotes. 7 CommentsNote: This is the third part of an ongoing series on humor in classical Islamic texts. Here are links to part 1 and part 2. For those new to my blog or to this series, it arose out of discussion about specifically some of the racy humor in the TV show Little Mosque on the […]
Classic Humor — Step Two
Published February 26th, 2007 in History, Humor, Islam, Muslims and the Arts, Quotes and Reminiscing. 21 CommentsWhen I referred to humor in classic texts in my first review of LM (seems so long ago now) I was thinking specifically of humor literature and humor in literature written by credible (in terms of scholarship and/or piety) authors in pre-modern times. When I started to think more carefully about what a piece on […]
Classic Humor - A Start (Finally)
Published February 25th, 2007 in Hadith, History, Humor, Islam, Muslims and the Arts and Quotes. 5 CommentsJazaakumullahu khayran to everyone that expressed interest in this subject and jazaakumullahu khayran for waiting (assuming you did :) ).
One disclaimer to begin with: this is a blog entry not a scholarly research paper :) . I will quote a given hadeeth if it was quoted in a credible source without myself attempting to check […]
One of my favorite clips is this minute from young Dilbert.
One of the reasons I like Dilbert so much is that I can bear first hand witness to its uncanny accuracy in many an industrial environment. Clearly, not every company is a Dilbert-like company. And as with any comedic venture […]
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