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Azeem Muhammad, an African-American raised in a Christian home, converted to Islam at the age of seventeen. He told the crowd that he continued to keep connections in the Christian community in order to counter stereotypes about Muslims and Islam. Much of his humor centered around his Christian family's inability to understand Islamic customs, including his refusal to eat pork and the Muslim rituals for prayer.
Like most of the comedians, Azeem challenged mainstream America's inability to think of Muslims as anything more than terrorists. "You can't be a Muslim and a terrorist at the same time," he told the crowd, which applauded his remarks.
Azeem is also President and founder of Azeem's Kids, one of the beneficiary organizations of the event.