Chapter 9 ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’
Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy
| dc.contributor.author | Abdel-Fadil, Mona | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-25T07:17:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-05-25T07:17:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54676 | |
| dc.description.abstract | EPDF of Chapter 9 available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This thought-provoking collection takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject of humour in Islam. It ranges across sociological, cultural, theological and political themes, presenting examples of comedy in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. The book also investigates humour’s role in fundamentalism, addresses sensitive contexts of freedom of speech and blasphemy, and corrects common misunderstandings about laughter in Islam. | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Blasphemy; Freedom of speech; Hadith; Humour; Humour restrictions; Islam; Joking; Koran; Laughter; unfettered humour | en_US |
| dc.title | Chapter 9 ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’ | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Toying with Islam and Extremism in Comedy | en_US |
| dc.type | chapter | |
| oapen.identifier.doi | 10.47674/9781529214697.009 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | 1c3eed4f-33ba-4e18-91b5-cf9a96ff57ee | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isPartOfBook | f7c2a3c7-a1a8-4a2c-a035-9859222fe76e | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781529214673 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781529214680 | en_US |
| oapen.pages | 24 | en_US |
| oapen.place.publication | Bristol | en_US |
