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Shazia Mirza: 'Look at me " Isis would stone me to death' by Homa Khaleeli

The Muslim comic received prizes and hate mail for her dark humour in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. She talks about the British jihadi bride schoolgirls who inspired her new showWith her trademark deadpan delivery, Shazia Mirza is discussing the east London school where four pupils have left for Syria. "I call it the Bethnal Green Jihad-emy," she quips. "It has produced so many jihadi brides it must be the top of the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49AM on August 18, 2015

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