Article: Jokes and jihad in a zany terrorist sitcom

An online comedy series about suicide bombers has caused outrage, but the maker of 'Living with the Infidels' says he is fighting extremism by ridiculing it, writes FIONOLA MEREDITH

'I AM NOT a geek. I'm a level 9 warlord," announces Abdul, one of the stars of a new online sitcom, Living with the Infidels, about a group of suicide bombers living in Bradford. The five-part series is not the most sophisticated piece of satire: in the first brief episode, the hapless jihadists are caught between the promise of 72 voluptuous virgins awaiting them in Paradise, and the rather more immediate, Western-style charms of leopardskin-clad "Ample Abi" from upstairs. But, aside from all the jokes about ...

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