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Article: Jokes and jihad in a zany terrorist sitcom
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- August 22, 2009
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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 ...