I was raised with this consciousness of being part of this global Muslim community. At the same time, I didn't even know if I wanted to be Muslim. It was this incredibly complicated moment: I just needed to balance these two things where you care about people on some deep level who are my co-religion and are being killed because of their religion. Then, at the same time, I'm like ah, I don't really know if I want this.
You aim comedy up. If comedy is aimed down, you're a jerk. You laugh at the powerful as a way of bringing them down to your level or bring yourself u… - Haroon Moghul
You aim comedy up. If comedy is aimed down, you're a jerk. You laugh at the powerful as a way of bringing them down to your level or bring yourself u…
- Haroon Moghul
When I was growing up, we often heard Islam in the form of a slogan: "Islam is the solution," but no one ever told me that Islam can be a burden... V… - Haroon Moghul
When I was growing up, we often heard Islam in the form of a slogan: "Islam is the solution," but no one ever told me that Islam can be a burden... V…
There is a dearth of imagination and I think that's an understatement in a modern Muslim world. There is very little willingness to imagine different… - Haroon Moghul
There is a dearth of imagination and I think that's an understatement in a modern Muslim world. There is very little willingness to imagine different…
What I want is to talk about how someone raised Muslim struggles with the same stuff that everyone else theoretically could. Obviously, the particula… - Haroon Moghul
What I want is to talk about how someone raised Muslim struggles with the same stuff that everyone else theoretically could. Obviously, the particula…
I have no expertise of other religious traditions so I'm not going to opine on them, but in Islam the more you know about the religion, the more like… - Haroon Moghul
I have no expertise of other religious traditions so I'm not going to opine on them, but in Islam the more you know about the religion, the more like…
It's been nineteen days since I've had a suicidal impulse. One of the things that pulls me back is I think to myself, and as a Muslim, I believe that… - Haroon Moghul
It's been nineteen days since I've had a suicidal impulse. One of the things that pulls me back is I think to myself, and as a Muslim, I believe that…
The one thing that's missing from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and I don't imagine we'll see it any time soon, is that there's no memorial to the hund… - Haroon Moghul
The one thing that's missing from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and I don't imagine we'll see it any time soon, is that there's no memorial to the hund…
There are companies like Facebook that wield tremendous power over how Americans understand the world. Do they have a social responsibility now? That… - Haroon Moghul
There are companies like Facebook that wield tremendous power over how Americans understand the world. Do they have a social responsibility now? That…
I think growing up, we always try to make sense of who we are, what we go through, and I grew up in a very religious household. I interpreted what wa… - Haroon Moghul
I think growing up, we always try to make sense of who we are, what we go through, and I grew up in a very religious household. I interpreted what wa…
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