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 […]
Back to the Little Mosque
Published February 24th, 2007 in Blogging about the blog and Muslims and the Arts. 8 CommentsAl-hamdulillah, Little Mosque on the Prairie (hereafter LM) seems to be doing rather well. I haven’t been able to find a site that gives updated viewership or ratings for Canadian shows, but from the various reviews it appears that the show has settled in at about a million viewers regularly. The comparison is made with […]
Blogution
Published February 18th, 2007 in Blogging about the blog, General Musings, Muslims and the Arts and Pictures. 7 CommentsAl-hamdulillah, I have to say that I am rather pleased with the way that this blog has evolved. Considering how much I like to talk it’s probably not a surprise that this has become a very addictive exercise :) . There are days when I am just too exhausted or too overbooked or too disorganized […]
Follow up on many comments
Published January 27th, 2007 in Blogging about the blog, General Musings, Life the Universe and Everything and Muslims and the Arts. 3 CommentsJazaakumullahu khayran and thank YOU to all those that have been visiting the blog and leaving comments. It is indeed much appreciated.
A few quick responses are in order.
Abeer: thank you so much for the links. The pictures and the drawings are beautiful. Now I have to decide how to use them :)
Farah: thank you for […]
I missed the 2nd episode when it first aired but finally saw it yesterday. Phenomenal scene when the Imam and the Priest march towards each other, coffee mugs sticking out in front of them, like to guys headed for an old time duel. They meet in front of the bench, turn to face us, slump […]
