Thank Allah It’s Jumma

By Ernie | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 | 9 Comments

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One of the nice things about starting a new job is that you actually meet new people, and one of my co-workers, Hasan Minhaj, just happens to be an actor and stand-up comedian in his spare time. His site includes “Thank Allah It’s Jumma,” a thirteen minute short film “about a Muslim growing up in America and the hilarious challenges he faces” which debuted at the 2006 ISNA Islamic Film Festival. And while I usually raise an eyebrow when people use the word hilarious to describe their own work, it really IS funny, thereby avoiding any possible awkward face-to-face time.

And yes, I totally had to look up what Jumma was on Wikipedia. What? I grew up Presbyterian.

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http://picandthousandwords.blogspot.com Jun

I think people who dont have muslim friends or dont know anything about islam will not laugh once at this… they might only laugh a few times at the accents…

But i thought this was CRAZY hillarious…
cant wait to show my barber this…
http://www.8asians.com John

I grew up agnostic so I have no idea what a hat Jumma is, and i have real no idea what the differences are amongst Presbyterians, Catholics, Protestants, etc….
ancient one

Yeah, this was pretty funny. You don’t have to have Muslim friends to enjoy it although it helps (thinking about a friend who does Wudhu in the bathroom at work). My oldest son really liked it, and he doesn’t know Muslims yet (or at least he doesn’t know which friends are Muslim). We both thought that the “freestyle rap” was particularly funny.
http://shamurai.com ayman

so I work-shopped that joke for a while: “as muslims we literally thank God its Friday” – got nothing.

jumma also makes a good excuse for getting out of class and meeting people. in grad school we’d go get lunch at the local kabob joint – the owner would give us 20% off if he remembered seeing us at jumma. score!
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