{"id":2584232,"date":"2026-03-26T18:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-denies-exec-called-muslims-dangerous-people-after-reportedly-asking-comic-to-cut-islam-joke\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T18:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:23:55","slug":"netflix-denies-exec-called-muslims-dangerous-people-after-reportedly-asking-comic-to-cut-islam-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-denies-exec-called-muslims-dangerous-people-after-reportedly-asking-comic-to-cut-islam-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Denies Exec Called Muslims &#8216;Dangerous People&#8217; After Reportedly Asking Comic to Cut Islam Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetflix-denies-exec-called-muslims-dangerous-people-after-reportedly-asking-comic-to-cut-islam-joke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2584232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece centers on a controversy involving Netflix and comedian Mark Normand over jokes about Islam.Normand recounts on a podcast that Netflix executives pressured him to remove a Muslim joke from his Netflix special after a conference call, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >citing safety concerns<\/a> and threats tied to a prior incident. He describes being asked to admit the joke was offensive or risk a public post about it, and says he pushed to keep the material. Netflix has reportedly denied the exchange occurred, according to a Daily Beast source cited in the article. The story uses this anecdote to illustrate how streaming platforms may face pressure when dealing with jokes about Islam, noting that threats can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-sparse-comments-on-iran-at-the-state-of-the-union\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s sparse comments on Iran at the State of the Union\">complicate decision-making<\/a>. The article also includes provocative assertions about Islam, including references to Islamic scripture used to argue that the faith is inherently violent, while acknowledging Netflix\u2019s attempt at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">damage control<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Netflix executives are pushing back after having a comedian omit a joke about Islam from his routine.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the &ldquo;Tuesdays with Stories!&rdquo; podcast uploaded an episode where co-host Mark Normand told fellow host Joe List about his recent debacle with the streaming service. Normand recently released his &ldquo;None Too Pleased&rdquo; stand up special with Netflix, but not everyone enjoyed his material.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We got to do a conference call,&rdquo; Normand explained. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s 18 Jews on there with a speakerphone &mdash; and they go, &lsquo;Yeah, we got bad news there. We reviewed the special again, we&rsquo;d like you to take out the Muslim joke.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I go, &lsquo;Oh, why?&rsquo; And [they] go, &lsquo;Well, the last time a comic did a Muslim joke, we got bomb threats. We got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-under-more-fire-for-removing-president-trumps-accounts\/\" title=\"Big Tech under more fire for removing President Trump\u2019s accounts\">death threats<\/a>. They said they were going to kill us. They ruined the whole studio, blowed the place up to smithereens. So we&rsquo;d like to not use the Muslim joke.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>Normand pressed them. &ldquo;So I was like: I gotta fight for the joke here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Executives tried striking a compromise with him. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to get it off socials &mdash; socials is where all the s*** starts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was like, &lsquo;Okay, okay, I don&rsquo;t love it, but okay. I will take it off on one condition: I want you to admit on this call they&rsquo;re a dangerous people&hellip; You gotta admit it, or I&rsquo;m posting.&rdquo; Normand explained he made the comment in jest, but put Netflix in a difficult position.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6WuwaKbcjBI?si=Ix4hUC_kNkiWfyhz&amp;start=422\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He explained their response. &ldquo;&lsquo;Well, we&rsquo;re not going to do that.&rsquo; And I&rsquo;m like, &lsquo;Why not?&rsquo; &lsquo;Well, that&rsquo;s offensive.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;I just need you to say it out loud. I need acknowledgement&rsquo; &hellip; Like we&rsquo;re all signaling, we&rsquo;re all virtuous, but you don&rsquo;t actually act that way,&rdquo; he told them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They admitted it,&rdquo; he told List.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/netflix-fires-back-comedian-shocking-211952426.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Beast,<\/a> Netflix is scrambling to run damage control. A source commented that his account was &ldquo;not true, not correct, completely false,&rdquo; denying this exchange ever took place.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s well within the realm of possibility for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-of-new-pro-life-movie-says-pro-choice-screen-actors-guild-attempted-to-crush-their-production\/\" title=\"Star Of New Pro-Life Movie Says Pro-Choice Screen Actors Guild Attempted To Crush Their Production\">major streaming platform<\/a> to pressure a comedian to do something like this. Of course, Netflix would receive death threats and bomb threats for platforming anyone who jokes about Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Islam has violence woven into its creed. The violent and bloodthirsty are among the faithful.<\/p>\n<p>As Westerners read the Quran and the Hadiths about Muhammad, this fact becomes undeniable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereligionofpeace.com\/quran\/noble\/sura8.html#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quran 8:12<\/a> reads, &ldquo;I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The holy book of this people commands its followers to decapitate non-Muslims. Islamic terror is not an aberration, but Muslims being true to their faith.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix executives are worried about causing offense to the Muslim world, but Islam in itself is offensive.<\/p>\n<p>It<em>&nbsp;<\/em>is offensive to the non-Muslim world and offensive to the safety and security of free peoples everywhere.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On a recent episode of the Tuesdays with Stories! podcast, Normand described a conference call in which he says Netflix asked him to drop the Muslim joke after receiving threats tied to a prior joke. He insisted he fought to keep the joke in.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion reportedly included attempts at a compromise, such as removing the joke from social media, and a tense exchange in which Normand says he urged Netflix to acknowledge, on the call, that a dangerous group existed; according to him, Netflix declined, arguing the acknowledgment would be offensive. The Daily Beast reports that Netflix is scrambling to manage the fallout, while a source there allegedly said the described exchange was not true or accurate.<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes that it\u2019s plausible for a major platform to influence a comedian over controversial material and discusses the broader tension between platform safety and artistic freedom when jokes touch on religion. It also references debates around Islam and references passages from religious texts that critics cite in discussions of violence and extremism. Netflix has disputed the specific account as reported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2584233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-26T170845.712.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6371,7958,26161,52358,5158],"class_list":["post-2584232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-censorship","tag-comedy","tag-islam","tag-muslims-2","tag-netflix"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-26T170845.712.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584232"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584237,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584232\/revisions\/2584237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}