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Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Mar 25 09:31:18 2026

It seems like a bad business decision, because the material is endless.
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Comedian Mark Normand says he made a streaming giant squirm.

The comedian recounted Monday a call that he had with a streaming service about two weeks prior, in which the company pressed him on a joke about Muslims in his special. Normand says he agreed to take the joke off social media — but only if the company agreed that Muslims were a “dangerous people.”

The clip is dubbed over so that the audio says “Hulu,” but Normand visibly mouths “Netflix” in the podcast clip. Normand has not publicly announced he’s working with Hulu on a comedy special. His new comedy special, “None Too Pleased,” was released March 17 on Netflix.

“They come back in a week, they go, ‘We gotta do a conference call … They go, ‘Yeah, we got some bad news there. We reviewed the special again. We’d like to take out the Muslim joke.'”

Normand asked them why.

“And they go, ‘Well, last time a comic did a Muslim joke we got bomb threats, we got death threats, they said they were gonna kill us, ruin the whole studio, blow the place up to smithereens, so we’d like to not use the Muslim joke.”

“And I go, ‘Well I like the joke, it kills, it’s a hot joke … So I was like, I gotta fight for the joke here, folks.'”

Normand says the company agreed to keep the joke in the special itself, but wanted it removed from social media.

“And I was like, ‘Okay, okay, I don’t love it but okay, I will take it off on one condition … I go, I want you to admit, on this call, that they’re a dangerous people,” Normand said, referring to Muslims.

“And they were like, ‘What, no, what are you, crazy?'”

“And I’m like, ‘You gotta admit it or I’m keeping it, or I’m posting it,” said Normand, adding that he was “half joking.”

“And they go, ‘Well, we’re not gonna do that,’ and I go, ‘Why not?’ And they go, ‘Well that’s offensive.”

“And I go, ‘That’s what the call is. You’re calling about this and I just need you to say it out loud’ … But it’s kind of a microcosm of the whole thing. You can say, ‘Hey, I love this group,’ but then you don’t live near them. You know, we’re all talk, we’re all signaling, we’re all virtuous, but you don’t actually act that way. And I think this is a perfect example of that. ‘Hey, we’re scared. Hey, we don’t want to get Hebdo’d. Hey, we’re nervous.’ Okay, well why are you nervous?”

Normand’s point is clear and correct. “The Book Of Mormon” was a smash hit. There is no “Book of Islam,” in part because Broadway types aren’t keen on making fun of Muslims, and in part (I suspect) because no one is keen on getting murdered.

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I mentioned this on here some time ago, and i think it was a1m who never understood the comparison when I wanted to see a new play called book of islam.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/comedian-gives-streaming-giant-ultimatum-over-muslim-joke-says-company-caved/ar-AA1Zk0cY?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W099&cvid=69c3dd3f83e84b73ac265af3a00ac248&ei=15

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by Avid reader on Wed Mar 25 09:47:58 2026, in response to Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Mar 25 09:31:18 2026.

Not all "Towel Heads" are violent or eat their dates under palm trees.

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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Mar 25 10:09:46 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by Avid reader on Wed Mar 25 09:47:58 2026.

Some are mayors and police chiefs.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Mar 25 11:39:25 2026, in response to Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Mar 25 09:31:18 2026.

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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Wed Mar 25 11:56:21 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Mar 25 11:39:25 2026.

figures

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Mar 25 12:43:00 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by chicagoMotorman on Wed Mar 25 11:56:21 2026.

I WOULD NOT TELL JOKES ON YOUR RELIGION

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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Wed Mar 25 12:52:51 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Mar 25 12:43:00 2026.

I think some are funny.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Mar 25 13:48:49 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Mar 25 12:43:00 2026.

Why not?

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Posted by Mitch45 on Wed Mar 25 14:00:34 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Wed Mar 25 12:43:00 2026.

No, you just bash them instead.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by BILLBKLYN on Wed Mar 25 23:03:46 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by Avid reader on Wed Mar 25 09:47:58 2026.

They might eat their dates in their beds.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by rkba on Wed Mar 25 23:35:08 2026, in response to Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Mar 25 09:31:18 2026.

it's the elephant in the room. you know it, I know it, everyone knows it.

islam is violent. islam leaves no allowances for the non-believers. you're either with them, or you must be killed.

the continued existence of islam makes the world less safe for everyone.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Thu Mar 26 00:20:09 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by rkba on Wed Mar 25 23:35:08 2026.

I just like the way you are not allowed free speech with Islam nearby.
You can't question the religion.
You can't mock the religion.
You must accept the religion as the one and only truth.


Or you get arrested or killed.

It's a sick and bizarre thing. All of our lives we had debates about religion. But not for Islam.

Even spider-pig famously avoided criticizing them for years and years and he brings up religion often enough over those same years.

Sick stuff.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Mar 26 02:58:06 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by rkba on Wed Mar 25 23:35:08 2026.

Facts.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 06:39:28 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by rkba on Wed Mar 25 23:35:08 2026.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 06:39:52 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by chicagoMotorman on Wed Mar 25 12:52:51 2026.

NO

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 06:40:04 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Mar 25 13:48:49 2026.

NO

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 06:40:19 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by Mitch45 on Wed Mar 25 14:00:34 2026.

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Posted by rkba on Thu Mar 26 08:37:22 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 06:39:28 2026.

yes, hopefully every single one gets the dirt nap.

at least, one can hope.

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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 08:50:29 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by rkba on Thu Mar 26 08:37:22 2026.

TIME FOR A NAZI JOKE

YOU

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Posted by rkba on Thu Mar 26 09:19:01 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 08:50:29 2026.

nobody is joking here. the barbarism you call "religion" is no laughing matter.

like all cancers, it must be eliminated.

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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Thu Mar 26 09:19:18 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 08:50:29 2026.



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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Thu Mar 26 09:19:54 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 06:39:52 2026.

Oy vey.

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Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv

Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Mar 26 10:52:34 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by rkba on Thu Mar 26 08:37:22 2026.

Eh. I don't have a problem with Ataturk-style Islam.

That's what they also had in Iran before Homomeini.

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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 13:29:04 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by rkba on Thu Mar 26 09:19:01 2026.

NO VASELINE

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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 13:30:04 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by chicagoMotorman on Thu Mar 26 09:19:18 2026.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

HE WAS A RIOT MR DAVIS

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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 13:30:25 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by chicagoMotorman on Thu Mar 26 09:19:54 2026.

HEY

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Posted by chicagoMotorman on Thu Mar 26 14:34:34 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 13:30:04 2026.



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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Thu Mar 26 14:35:52 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by chicagoMotorman on Thu Mar 26 14:34:34 2026.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

HE IS A RIOT

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Posted by Mitch45 on Fri Mar 27 15:19:51 2026, in response to Re: Muslim Jokes not welcome on tv, posted by chicagoMotorman on Thu Mar 26 14:34:34 2026.

Fun fact: IRL, John Banner (who played Sgt Schultz) was an Austrian Jew who escaped Austria after the Anschluss with Germany in 1938. He lost family in the concentration camps.

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