I know there are a number of Muslim comedians both in Australia and around the world. Good luck to them because if ever a religion needed to poke a bit of fun at itself, Islam is it.
Any Muslim humorist has his or her work cut out. At a scriptural level there are numerous forbidding entries regarding laughter in the Koran and associated texts.
The Hadith says, “Do not laugh too much, for laughing too much deadens the heart.”
Potentially this means any Muslim who uses the laugh out loud acronym is looking at an apostasy charge and in grimmer corners of Islam like Saudi Arabia this has probably already happened.
The Hadith also puts the brakes on satire, too. “Woe to the one who speaks and tells lies in order to make the people laugh; woe to him, woe to him.”
Iran’s mullah, the Shi’ite cleric Ayatollah Khomeini said Islam was a joke free religion. There was not a laugh to be had according to Khomeini. One look at that grizzled visage and you just knew he hadn’t cracked it for a giggle in a very long time, if at all.
Full column here.
Cricket going rather well…
Now it’s a bit bizarre though
Very well. India lost 7/13. SOK bowled hand grenades. ATM, Smith and Handscomb are fighting hard with the bat. Aust in the box seat.
Laura Tingle…ouch!
http://www.afr.com/opinion/tony-abbott-even-his-friends-now-say-he-is-a-liar-and-a-clunkhead-20170224-gukkca#ixzz4ZaEc8bGr
I await the rebuttal from Milton.
Ok, i’m showing you my butt, Trivalve!
testing.
@ Penny
You must also remember it will be SA in the late Autumn so you will need a coat tropics girl. The only thing keeping those antarctic winds back from the South Pole is one small island and a bunch of penguins doing a circle dance, and you cant trust the penguins to hold it together sometimes. If you can, try and catch the whale migration across the bite, I think its around that time of year, you could check with tourism SA. Pt. Lincoln is stunning and there is lots to do, the lights across the bay at night are very pretty. The islands give you the feel of Sydney Harbour, before all the ingrates arrived. Anyhoo, hope you have fun.
cheers.