The Past and Future of Muslim Comedy with Preacher Moss

The Past and Future of Muslim Comedy with Preacher Moss October 4, 2024

The Past, Present and Future of Muslim Comedy with Preacher Moss
The Past, Present and Future of Muslim Comedy with Preacher Moss

Join us in this intimate chat with the OG Muslim comedian, practitioner of ‘protest comedy’, lover of jazz music, and our latest guest of honor: Preacher Moss. We talk about the art form of comedy, his history on building the Muslim comedy scene, as well as pontificating on the current and future states of comedy from within the Muslim community.  Below is a brief transcript of what we discussed:

Abbas: but real quick I just want to ask you like within the comedy scene especially the Muslim comedy scene itself you know we see a lot more people popping up now 20 years ago it’s been 20 years since Allah made me funny was launched what changes have you seen within the Muslim comedy scene especially since since then
Preacher Moss: it’s not really the Muslim comedy scene
Abbas: it’s not?
Preacher Moss: it’s not really the Muslim comedy scene. 2003 2004 2005 it was it was an engagement um so I stopped doing comedy in the mainstream because you felt a Call of Duty and sense of urgency. Imam Warrith Deen Muhammad, May Allah be pleased with him,  when I came up with the idea of Allah Made Me Funny, he thought it was great because it was still this fracture between the indigenous Muslim Community and the Immigrant Muslim Community and he made the point that we have a lot of Scholars
Abbas: oh challenge accepted
Preacher Moss: yeah I’m like yeah but I mean I wrote my thesis about this whole thing what yeah had Arab comedians that were very funny Muslim comedians but we serve the moment right because in 2001 two three you have people you had Muslims afraid to go to the Masjid they were tired they were scared you know they you know that that pervasive thing of islamophobia uh what was being put on us
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