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David Letterman Received Death Threats Over A Joke

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In 2011, David Letterman found himself on the bad side of a jihadist group. He had made a joke about Al Queda leader Ilyas Kashmiri dying in a U.S. strike in Pakistan which didn’t go over well. Although Letterman is Protestant, the group told their followers to “cut the tongue of the lowly Jew and shut it forever”.

The death threats were posted on the Shumuk al-Islam Web forum. The group appeared to be furious because Kashmiri was going to be a potential replacement for Osama bin Laden and was held in high regard. The FBI looked into possible threats and luckily, no action was taken by the radical group.