Allah Made Me Funny: The Official Muslim Comedy Tour

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Allah Made Me Funny: The Official Muslim Comedy Tour
Directed by Tariq Jalil
Produced byFrancisco Aguilar
Jaime Maldonado
StarringAzeem Muhammad
Azhar Usman
Bryant "Preacher" Moss
Edited byArietis A/V
Music bySidi Yassir
Tyson
Belike Muhammad
Production
company
Arietis A/V
Distributed byMeem
Release date
  • June 15, 2005 (2005-06-15)(United States)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Allah Made Me Funny: The Official Muslim Comedy Tour is a 2005 American concert film directed by Tariq Jalil, and produced by Francisco Aguilar and Jaime Maldonado. The live concert features American comedy troupe Allah Made Me Funny (Azeem Muhammad, and Azhar Usman, Bryant "Preacher" Moss).

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Production and release

The film features Muhammad, Usman and Moss performing live stand-up at The Improv in Brea, California. [1] [2]

The concert DVD was released on June 15, 2005. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

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  2. Bilici, Mucahit (2012). Finding Mecca in America: How Islam Is Becoming an American Religion. University of Chicago Press. p. 177. ISBN   978-0-226-04957-1.
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