Militants killing laughter and music in Pakistan region

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani comedian Alamzeb Mujahid had bad news for his fans after being freed by Islamist militants who kidnapped him in Peshawar city last month.

"I'm retiring from showbiz," Mujahid, whose stage name is Janaan, told a news conference without going into details about either the kidnapping or his reasons for quitting the stage.

Friends and colleagues were less circumspect.

They say Mujahid, an ethnic Pashtun, was kidnapped by Islamist vigilantes hell-bent on imposing Taliban-style values in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), a volatile region bordering Afghanistan.

A veteran of hundreds of theatre and television plays, the slim, clean shaven 38-year-old actor has begun growing a beard for his life after comedy.



Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE5183NO20090209

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His new career path is as a missionary for Islam.

Freely-chosen, of course.

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[tomreedtoon]

1. He would be a great replacement for Jimmy Kimmel.

Even if he doesn't speak English. ANYONE is funnier than Jimmy Kimmel. And I bet he would fire that racist character "Guillermo" on Kimmel's show, and get big laughs with a puppet of Osama bin Laden.