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Muslims and Humour

Bernard Schweizer
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      This thought-provoking collection offers a multi-disciplinary approach on the subject of humour, Muslims, and Islam.Beginning with theoretical perspectives and scriptural guidance on permissible and restricted humour, the volume presents a variety of case studies about Muslim comedic practices in various cultural, political, and religious contexts.This unprecedented scholarship sheds new light on common misconceptions about humour and laughter in Islam and deftly tackles sensitive themes from blasphemy to freedom of speech.Chapter 9 is available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Bernard Schweizer EAN: 9781529214673 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bristol University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-05-26 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Cultural studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Islam

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      Bernard Schweizer is Professor Emeritus of English at the Department of English, Philosophy and Languages at Long Island University.Lina Molokotos-Liederman is Affiliated Researcher at the Woolf Institute and Scientific Collaborator at University of Fribourg.Yasmin Amin recently completed her doctoral studies at University of Exeter with a dissertation titled, “Humour and Laughter in the Ḥadīth”.
      This thought-provoking collection offers a multi-disciplinary approach on the subject of humour, Muslims, and Islam.Beginning with theoretical perspectives and scriptural guidance on permissible and restricted humour, the volume presents a variety of case studies about Muslim comedic practices in various cultural, political, and religious contexts.This unprecedented scholarship sheds new light on common misconceptions about humour and laughter in Islam and deftly tackles sensitive themes from blasphemy to freedom of speech.Chapter 9 is available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Bernard Schweizer EAN: 9781529214673 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bristol University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-05-26 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Cultural studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Islam

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      Bernard Schweizer is Professor Emeritus of English at the Department of English, Philosophy and Languages at Long Island University.Lina Molokotos-Liederman is Affiliated Researcher at the Woolf Institute and Scientific Collaborator at University of Fribourg.Yasmin Amin recently completed her doctoral studies at University of Exeter with a dissertation titled, “Humour and Laughter in the Ḥadīth”.

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