[aculeus]

It's understandable why muslims aren't satirized.

There is nothing about their beliefs, traditions or religious practices that encourages ridicule.

(Just kidding.)

[firebrand]

Also, they blow up people they don't like.

[buffyt]

How sad.....

[Paul Atreides]

"There is much more sensitivity to disturbing Islam," he said.

And, an intense hatred of Christianity, in the entertainment community.

[FormerACLUmember]

No satire of IslamoFascist moonbats by the liberals? Yep there is noting in their treatment of women, children, Christians, Jews, Hindus, innocent civilians or civilization itself that merits the slightest criticism.

[Radix]

Islam was accorded far more respect on television and radio than other religions because satirists were "cautious" and "self-censoring"

It likely has nothing to do with the fact that Islamics carry knives, and generally have no respect for human life.

I could be wrong, but you can't prove it to me.

[prairiebreeze]

There is nothing about their beliefs, traditions or religious practices that encourages ridicule.

Oh I don't know, those pictures of dozens of men in mosques kneeling on prayer rugs with their heads down low always looks pretty funny to me.

Prairie...yes, I'm stirring the pot a bit ;^D

[Cosmic Shaft]

why would these people make fun of christians; there's nothing funny about hypocrisy.

[Uncle Hal]

Hollywood and the liberal media loves to make fun of and ridicule white, male, Christian, heterosexuals and nobody will criticize them.

[mountaineer]

Channel 4 re-broadcast a remark by Jamie Oliver about "Jesus —ing Christ".

Whatever was the context of such a remark, I wonder?

[rface]

.....I think we have shaded a bit on the side of Islam," he said.

pretty funny stuff

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Comedians and dramatists delight in "pouring scorn" on Christianity but are "timid" about mocking Muslims, a broadcasting watchdog chief said yesterday. Islam was accorded far more respect on television and radio than other religions because satirists were "cautious" and "self-censoring" when faced with the prospect of causing offence to Muslims,

Christians turn the other cheek, muslims send their kids, strapped with bombs, to your house.

[yankeedame]

A spokesman for Channel 4 said the repeat went out later than the original programme, at 10pm rather than 9pm, and it had been thought that the audience at the later time would not be offended.

The assumption being that we (Christians) -- being such hopelessly unhip, boring, conservative squares -- go to bed at 8:30 pm or so. You know, right after we wind the clock and drink a nice glass of warm milk...

[InvisibleChurch]

They won't be laughing so much on Judgement Day.

[Gorzaloon]

There is nothing about their beliefs, traditions or religious practices that encourages ridicule.

(Just kidding.)

Why did the Prophet (PBUH) cross the road?

He was hurrying to the KINDERGARTEN to get his bride.

(Now they're gonna kill me, etc, blah blah...)

[joesnuffy]

Just like in the Sudan...Christians are an easy mark because they don't seek vengeance for
for ugly remarks or outright lies against them...
They don't assassinate their critics or blow up buildings filled with people they don't like...or those who insult them
The social commentators haven't got the cajones to insult Muslims...regardless of what evils Muslims reek

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

[DonQ]

It's not so much anti-Christian attitudes that cause this lopsided result in what is evidently a count of humorous depictions - not depictions as villains (which might provide slightly different results).

For one thing, to be successful as a satire, it is necessary that the audience have a fairly good grasp of the "original" which is being satirized. American and European audiences know Christianity well, but might be baffled at what the joke is in a satire of something Islamic.

And another reason is that, frankly, there's reason to be afraid that just one Islamist will take sufficient umbrage at any unflattering depiction to do somebody harm (a la Salman Rushdie).

[ChicagoHebrew]

You know, for all the jokes about how Jews like money, people forget we've been a non=prophet religion for 2500 years... bada bing!

Seriously, Christians are the biggest target for religious satire because wel... most people like to joke about themselves. Since most Americans are Christian, most satire is Christian-- just like most non-satire symbolism is Christian too (note how many movies have Christ-figures).

[Cronos]

Simple logic the slammies have: " Make joke about Mo and boy oh boy, you BLOW!" Ka-boom

[Kenton]

The Right Rev Richard Holloway, the former Bishop of Edinburgh and a member of the BSC board, said Oliver's remark would never have been aired had it been about the Prophet Mohammed.

If that had happened, one of your local Wahhabe clerics would have issued a "Fatwa" against Oliver and he would have been murdered.

"There is much more sensitivity to disturbing Islam," he said. "It is partly because the Muslim community does not have a tradition of humour about religion,

Yeah, I guess that's a pretty fair statement. They just got no sense of humor.

That's too bad. Maybe we can help them out with that by bringing back a traditional American form of humor, the "ethnic joke", but this time, instead of targetng Polish people, it would be directed at Muslims.

Let's see... how many Muslims does it take to comandeer a 747?