By Samina Ali
I swear I heard an audible sigh of relief from one distinct group of viewers as The Learning Channel aired the season finale of All-American Muslim on Sunday evening.
Anyone following the controversy surrounding this show might assume I'm speaking of the Florida Family Association, which claimed this reality series following the everyday lives of five Muslim American families in Dearborn, Mi was deeply dangerous because it didn't depict Muslims as they really are, jihadists.
The Faa made a valiant effort to shelve the show by convincing companies to pull their advertisements. Lowes did just that and inadvertently tarnished its reputation, drew a boycott and lost customers all the while bringing the show more attention than it likely would have received otherwise, rallying stars like Jon Stewart, Russell Simmons and Dave Eggers to its defense.
Behind this drama, however, is an important group who's all too happy...
I swear I heard an audible sigh of relief from one distinct group of viewers as The Learning Channel aired the season finale of All-American Muslim on Sunday evening.
Anyone following the controversy surrounding this show might assume I'm speaking of the Florida Family Association, which claimed this reality series following the everyday lives of five Muslim American families in Dearborn, Mi was deeply dangerous because it didn't depict Muslims as they really are, jihadists.
The Faa made a valiant effort to shelve the show by convincing companies to pull their advertisements. Lowes did just that and inadvertently tarnished its reputation, drew a boycott and lost customers all the while bringing the show more attention than it likely would have received otherwise, rallying stars like Jon Stewart, Russell Simmons and Dave Eggers to its defense.
Behind this drama, however, is an important group who's all too happy...
- 1/8/2012
- by Red Room
- Aol TV.
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