Rory Bremner 'afraid' to joke about Islam

Rory Bremner, the political impressionist, said he fears joking about Islam could lead to his death due to the "chilling" issue of fundamentalism.

Bremner said self-censorship was the biggest obstacle today for comedians addressing topical issues, due to fears of retribution by extremists.

His comments came as he discussed the future of satire with Sir David Frost on a BBC documentary, Frost on Satire, to be broadcast on Thursday.

He said: "The greatest danger now is that one of the toughest issues of our time is religion.

"When [I'm] writing a sketch about Islam, I'm writing a line and I think, 'If this goes down badly, I'm writing my own death warrant there.' Because there are people who will say, 'Not only do I not think that's funny but I'm going to kill you' – and that's chilling."

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Han't chris morris recently done it an with aplomb ?. Free plug methinks.

I generally like Rory Bremner's comedy and am doubtful he would need such a free plug.

He has a fear. It may be irrational or it may be rational.

I think ther eis a confusion out there between "don't insult the prophet (saw)" and "don't insult (or criticise) islam/muslims".

I think the latter is not only fair game, but pretty popular. It is the former where we draw the line.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.