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544: Brother Ali

Duncan Trussell Family Hour

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How Did Your Parents React When You Stopped Being Muslim?

"There's no embraced accepted comedians are not accepted embraced people," he says. "I feel like me and my wife are from one culture, but we're raising children that will also not be culturally like us" The comedian grew up in a tough neighborhood during the crack epidemic. He describes his parents' reaction to him becoming Muslim as initially being good because they felt it would keep him safe.

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