Category: Jesus and Mo

Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Islamophobia tsar

July 1, 2026 • 8:15 am

Today’s Jesus and Mo strip, called “aspects,” came with a note: “Thankfully, that Anti-Muslim Hostility Tsar seems to be taking his time arriving.”

Yes, the British Government was going to appoint a “tsar” to oversee and police anti-Muslim hostility, but the position remains unfilled. The Muslim Council of Britain is complaining (their bolding):

The Muslim Council of Britain has written to Steve Reed, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on  the government’s prolonged delay in appointing the Special Representative on Anti-Muslim Hostility which was promised when they launched the Protecting What Matters Social Cohesion Strategy exactly three months ago on 8th March 2026. Despite this, the pledged role of a tsar or Special Representative on Anti-Muslim Hostility to date remains entirely unfilled, with no clear Terms of Reference, no allocated budget and no transparent path forward.

The British Muslim community continues to face a widening climate of discrimination, hostility and threats to physical safety. Since March 2026 alone, notable anti-Muslim incidents across the UK have occurred on average at least once a week which the Muslim Council of Britain which are outlined in the letter which can be read below.

This is based on the UK Government’s new definition of anti-Muslim hostility, a definition that Britain’s Free Speech Union has characterized as leading to “hostility and self-censorship”. The FSU is mounting a legal challenge against this definition and has a fundraiser.

In the strip, Mo gets offended when Jesus points out the obvious:

Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ context

June 17, 2026 • 8:15 am

There’s a new Jesus and Mo comic, called “context,” which came with the note, “Another eternal, uncreated Jesus & Mo strip,” as well as this caption:

And it’s eternally important that you don’t hang around after dinner.

As I point out in my foreword to the latest J&M collection (see below), Mo always instantiates the very thing he’s criticizing. In this case, he overturns his own claims.  The verse at hand is here (bolding is mine):

O believers! Do not enter the homes of the Prophet without permission ˹and if invited˺ for a meal, do not ˹come too early and˺ linger until the meal is ready. But if you are invited, then enter ˹on time˺. Once you have eaten, then go on your way, and do not stay for casual talk. Such behaviour is truly annoying to the Prophet, yet he is too shy to ask you to leave. But Allah is never shy of the truth. And when you ˹believers˺ ask his wives for something, ask them from behind a barrier. This is purer for your hearts and theirs. And it is not right for you to annoy the Messenger of Allah, nor ever marry his wives after him. This would certainly be a major offence in the sight of Allah.

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Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ scams

June 10, 2026 • 10:30 am

The latest Jesus and Mo strip, called “Ta da!”, came with this caption, “Ta da! It’s a new J&M on an old theme.”

Wikipedia in fact has a whole article on “Criminal charges against Joseph Smith”. Here’s a summary:

Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was the subject of approximately twenty-one documented criminal cases between 1826 and 1844 across New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.

In New York, Smith was repeatedly charged with being a “disorderly person”, a misdemeanor related to his activities as “seer”. These cases resulted in one disputed outcome followed by two acquittals.

Charges in Ohio included assault, battery, and conspiracy to murder. Smith was acquitted of the assault charge, while the conspiracy charge was dismissed in a preliminary hearing.

Following the 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, Smith was indicted for treason, a capital offense. He was incarcerated in Liberty Jail for several months before escaping custody during a transfer to a different county. Smith successfully used the writ of habeas corpus to quash multiple extradition attempts to Missouri from Illinois.

In 1844, he was charged with adultery for his practice of polygamy. After Smith ordered the destruction of a critical newspaper, he was charged with inciting a riot. Rather than submit to arrest, Smith declared martial law and mobilized the Nauvoo Legion. In response, the Governor mobilized the state militia. Smith surrendered to authorities, expecting to be released on bail. Instead, Smith was charged with treason against Illinois for calling out the Legion. Because treason was a capital crime, Smith was held without bail in Carthage Jail, where he was killed by a mob on June 27, 1844, leaving several indictments legally unresolved.

Oy! What a record, and not all the charges were connected with the religion he founded!  Would you embrace a religion founded by this guy after  peering at the so-called golden tablets using a “peepstone” in his hat? Well, there are nearly 18 million Mormons in the world, and I guess most of them believe this stuff.

At any rate, in this strip, Mo is hoist with his own petard: