On The Daily Show last night, correspondents Wyatt Cenac and Aasif Mandvi reprised their roles as “Team Jesus” and “Team Mohammad,” respectively, to embrace the impending religious war between Christianity and Islam. Mandvi praised the Christians for their “restraint,” saying: “Muslims did threaten to build a mosque in lower Manhattan. And that’s only five Terry Jones mustache-lengths away from his congregation in Florida!”
Cenac showed equal deference: “Pastor Jones isn’t going to burn the Koran. But one of us will. And soon!”
Jon Stewart himself was a little bit taken aback. “You should both maybe tone it down,” he said. “I feel like this is inciting religious conflicts…Are you trying to incite religious conflict?!” When Cenac and Mandvi said yes, Stewart asked: “So the bottom line is, both groups are hoping for an apocalyptic event?”
Cenac replied: “Have you ever read our religious books?”
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