HOLLYWOODSHOWPORTRAYSJESUS AS A PRISONER AT GUANTANAMO
A performer at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival claims that Al Qaeda reduces carbon emissions.
Irish comedian Abie Philbin Bowman is the writer and performer of three Fringe shows, including Eco-Friendly Jihad. He argues that Bin Laden’s terrorists fight global warming.
Performing at the UK’s Brighton Fringe in May, Bowman told audiences: “The major causes of climate change are airlines, oil companies and overpopulation. Al Qaeda is tackling all three.”
Earlier this year, Eco-Friendly Jihad received an unofficial endorsement from Osama Bin Laden. Al Jazeera reported that a new audiotape from the Al Qaeda leader blamed the US for climate change.*
Would Jesus Christ get through US immigration? According to Irish comedian, Abie Philbin Bowman, the Son of God wouldn’t stand a chance.
“Jesus is a bearded, Middle-Eastern guy, who is ready to die as a martyr. Anyone matching that description today would be sent to Guantánamo Bay.”
Bowman wrote a one-man show based on this premise during the Bush administration. After selling out at the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe, Jesus: The Guantanamo Years toured London, the East coast and Pakistan.
“I think I’m the only Western comedian dumb enough to do religious comedy in a Muslim country, during a state of emergency.”
Ironically, the show got the most hostile reception in his native Ireland, where blasphemy is still a crime. In his defence, Bowman cited scripture.
“Christ said ‘What you do to the least of these, you do also to me’. By that standard, if we water-board people in Guantánamo, we’re do...
