Contents

pp iii-iv

Notes on Contributors

pp v-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-x

Introduction

pp 1-16

Part I - Theoretical Perspectives on Islam and Humour

pp 17-18

1 - Ridicule in the Qur’an: The Missing Link in Islamic Humour Studies

pp 19-43

2 - Laughter in the Discursive Tradition? Emotions of Muḥammad as the Topic of a Pious Arabic– English Reader

pp 44-69

3 - Humour in Islamic Literature and Muslim Practices: Virtue or Vice?

pp 70-88

Part II - Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Textual Media

pp 89-90

4 - Using/Abusing the Qur’an in Jocular Literature: Blasphemy, Qur’anophilia, or Familiarity?

pp 91-117

5 - A ‘Stupid Lur’ Mocks Allah and Mullah: Sociocultural Implications of the Luri Jokes Cycle

pp 118-140

Part III - Muslim Humour Practices in Islamicate Societies: Visual Media and Performance

pp 141-142

6 - Al-Bernameg: How Bassem Youssef Ridiculed Religious Fundamentalists and Survived the ‘Defamation of Religion’ Charge

pp 143-161

7 - Arab Cartoonists and Religion: The Interdependence of Transgression and Taboo

pp 162-176

8 - Hizbullah’s Humour: Political Satire, Comedy, and Revolutionary Theatre

pp 177-200

9 - ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’: Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy

pp 201-222

Part IV - Muslim Comedy in North America

pp 223-224

10 - Queering Islam in Performance: Gender and Sexuality in American Muslim Women’s Stand-up Comedy

pp 225-244

11 - Comedy as Social Commentary in Little Mosque on the Prairie: Decoding Humour in the First ‘Muslim Sitcom’

pp 245-270

Conclusion

pp 271-278

Bibliography on Islam and Humour

pp 279-283

Index

pp 284-295