Wearing a red hijab and all-encompassing gown, Sakdiyah Maruf cuts an unusual figure in a dark, smokey Jakarta bar as she reels off taboo-breaking jokes to laughter from a rapt audience. She is a rare ...

EXCLUSIVE: Azhar Usman, a pioneer of Muslim stand-up comedy dubbed “America’s Funniest Muslim” by CNN, is set to release his first solo stand-up project, The Islamic States of America, on his YouTube ...

I n stand-up comedy, silence typically equals death. You tell a joke and the audience laughs? Great. You tell a joke and they groan? Well, at least they were interested enough to respond. Tell a joke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Azhar Usman, a pioneer of Muslim stand-up comedy dubbed “America’s Funniest Muslim” by CNN, is set to release his first ...