Religion in Springfield

Let's face it. Springfield is a very religiously deverse town. It has Protestants, Catholics, Jews (Krusty's Father), Hindus (Apu and his family), Buddhists (Lisa, Lenny, and Carl), Atheists (Krusty) and even Voodoo (Moe). Even Mr. Burns hints at being a Satanist. I fail to find any Muslims in Springfield, however.

I was born a snake handler, and I'll die a snake handler.

I thought he was a Republican.....

They can be easy to confuse

In article , [email] (JBaker1956) writes:

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["Gideon"; Fri, 02 May 2003 09:21:21 GMT]

"Why, Monty, you're the Devil himself." "WHO TOLD YOU--?"

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"Who's that goat-legged fellow? I like the cut of his jib." "Prince of Darkness, sir. He's your 11 o'clock."

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Let's not, and just say we did.

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Now that you mention it, it's true that Muslims get less than their share of jokes or references on the show. The only one I can think of is Krusty wishing his audience: "So, have a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, a kwazy Kwanza, a tip-top Tet and a solemn, dignified Ramadan. Now a word from *my* god: our sponsor."

What other Islam jokes have they done ?

In article , "Bipp" writes:

Yep, it's true. Never really noticed religion on there.

But honestly, do you think they are going to step into this minefield now?? I dont know why they never put muslims in there up to now. But they definitely won't put muslims or muslim jokes on tv now. It's just too much of a risk

Yeah, but also there have been a few jokes at the expense of the extrmeists (ie Bin Ladin In a Blender).

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But that wasn't making fun of Bin Laden himself, so much as it was making fun of 1) the anti-Bin Laden sentiment at the time, and 2) all the cheap, one-joke animated sites on the Internet (skinnerinashredder.com being essentially the same thing).

Nathan

On Sat, 03 May 2003 06:40:51 GMT, "Bipp" wrote:

In "Insane Clown Poppy", during the Gulf War I flashback the troops complain about the cheerleaders: "They're an insult to our Muslim hosts!"

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Actually, there was one episode, I believe it was the rummage sale one. They were talking about shirts that Homer had of Ayatolla Khomeni, if that's not a refrence to Islam, I give up. But I do agree that it would be a BAD idea to start now considering how things are.

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Wasn't there also an Ayatollah Assaholla shirt in that episode?

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Krusty is Jewish.

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In any case, the stonecutters aren't the masons as Abe said he was a member of them too.

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As is Kent Brockman.

Nathan

Don't you mean "Christians, Jews and Other"?

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Kent Brockman mentions that Springfield has mosques in "Krusty Gets Busted," but I don't think we ever actually see one, and none of the regular characters seem to be Muslims.

Nathan

Atheism is not a religion.

I'd personally cut some slack here, as it is definitely a response to religion

Bart and Lisa became pagans in a Tracey Ullman short, once.

On 06 May 2003 01:02:47 GMT, [email] (Markc65) wrote:

There's the flashback to the origins of April Fool's Day in [9F17].

"Blood for Baal! Blood for Baal!"