It was written: > >>I read somewhere (maybe on this list) recently > that satire is [reportedly] > >>specifically forbidden by the Koran . . .
> >Hmm. That would surprise me. > Why? At its core satire is meant as a call for > change. And what religious institution wants to >change? I did see, in a Frontline program about Saudi Arabia, a snippet from an Arabic comedy show which had a professor* going to the gov't to complain about 3 other professors* who were 'too religiously strict' -- and the tribunal to which he was to report consisted of those 3 professors!* *Maybe it was journalists? But I think it was professors...anyway, here's the website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saud/ Debbi The Kid's Show Praising Jihadis Was Nauseating Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
