Conan O'Brien Blasted For Muslim Joke About New Ms. Marvel Superhero

Conan O'Brien has removed a tweet about the new Ms. Marvel superhero after observers considered it was disrespectful toward Muslims.
Earlier this week, Marvel revealed it will bring out a new character named Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Muslim girl from New Jersey who turns into Ms. Marvel after she has abruptly granted with special powers.

On Friday, O'Brien, 50, wrote on twitter: "Marvel Comics is introducing a new Muslim Female superhero. She has so many more special powers than her husband's other wives."



The joke caused a stir including a plethora of comments attacking O'Brien for being ignorant, heartless and "tasteless," "Islamophobic" and even "racist."

Many critics noted that Khan is an assimilated American teenager - not in a polygamous marriage - and that O'Brien should be aware of the character before joking with a questionable stereotype.



On Saturday, Conan's tweet was deleted.


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