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If you look at it, the history of comedy has always been strongest among the nations who have been persecuted the most.

Persecutions are inevitable as a Christian. We are not greater than our Master, Jesus Christ, in whose Holy Spirit we gain strength to endure.

Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is kind of demented.

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.

I'm a comedian who happens to be Muslim; my comedy stems on all forms of my identity.

Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.

Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it.