The one about the priest, the rabbi and the mullah...
I have a theory, and I'm hoping you can help... I'm hoping that a bit of intercultural and interfaith humour can help bond us together and ease tensions. So I'm looking for jokes to bring together faiths.
Here is a starter for ten:
A priest, a rabbi and a mullah walk into a bar. The barman says "What is this, a joke?"
Here is a starter for ten:
A priest, a rabbi and a mullah walk into a bar. The barman says "What is this, a joke?"
Labels: humour
posted by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed at 20:40
8 Comments:
I hurrah this idea.
When we visited our teacher's zawiyya in Meknes, Morocco, in the early 70s, we often noticed at informal moments around the mint tea, that the disciples would tell jokes in languages we couldn't understand (Arabic and Darraja), and they didn't speak much French (nor, of course English), but they laughed openly, and I later learned from a translator that they were jokes about a Christian, a Jew and a Muslim. In Morocco, of course, the Muslim usually got the better of the other two.
Now, it would be wonderful to get the jokes the Christians and the Jews tell to their respective advantages... and put them all together!
I'm sorry I don't have any myself at the moment, and eagerly await an onslaught of submissions, but I've always thought it would make an amazing anthology to put the jokes together, with their victorious punchlines, for the very reason you articulate.
Let's hope so... I've found a few, but not sure if they are suitable, so i'll let everyone post their own jokes. I do hope there is an onslaught or i'll be sorely disappointed. I share your vision of an anthology...
With no claim of originality and with considerable trepidation I begin:
Following a shipwreck on the way home from an inter-faith conference, the Pope and his Cardinals were stranded on a desert island with a party of Rabbis.
To while away the time they decided to have a theological debate about which was the greater religion.
Problem was the Pope only spoke Latin and the Chief Rabbi just Hebrew. So they agreed to have a 'silent debate' using sign-language.
The Pope and the Chief Rabbi sat down together on the beach staring intently at each other.
After a long pause the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.
The Chief Rabbi thought for a moment then raised one finger.
Next, the Pope circled his hand around his head.
The Chief Rabbi pointed down to the sand where they sat.
The Pope then fetched bread and wine.
The Chief Rabbi reached into his pocket and pulled out an apple.
With that, the Pope stood up and said, "I concede the debate."
"So what happened?" asked the Cardinals.
"For every point I made the Chief Rabbi had the perfect answer," said the Pope. "First of all I showed him the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, but he reminded me that there was still one God common to both our faiths. Then I demonstrated that God was all around us, but he insisted that God was right here with us now. Finally I produced the great Christian redemptive sacrifice of the Mass, but he countered with the central Jewish story of original sin."
On the other side of the beach the Chief Rabbi was also telling his congregation about the debate.
"First of all the Pope held up three fingers to show that there were three times more of them than us on this island so I'd better watch out. I immediately said to him 'Up yours buddy'. Then he tried to say that they were going to take over the whole island, but I made it clear that we were staying put."
"And then?" asked one of the Jews.
"Who knows?" said the Chief Rabbi. "We broke for lunch."
Brilliant, had me chuckling...
heehee.. love it!! more jokes welcome :D
There's another version of the Pope and Rabbi joke, with a poor, uneducated Muslim, maybe Pakistani, and it avoids the "up yours buddy,"which I find a bit much, and ends, "he brought out his lunch so I brought out mine..."
Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore said...
There's another version of the Pope and Rabbi joke....
But the first version is the orthodox and true version, I refuse to accept this new joke, it will cause all mankind to be mislead and they may not laugh as much.
arab airplan has an engine down, they call for any help "except israel" on the radio. nobody answers.
few minutes later there is a radio SOS call "attention, this is an emergency, our radar is down. we need guidance, any airport except israel, can u help us"
few minutes later "any airport INCLUDING ISRAEL, we have both engines down"
radio dispatcher from tel-aviv: "this is tel-aviv air tower, shaalom! repeat after me 'yitgadal ve-yit-kadash shemmey rabba"
(a prayer for the dead)
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