Muslim Group Successfully Kills Planned ABC Series

Western Journalism ^ | March 24, 2014 | B. Christopher Agee

[lbryce]

Without having even seen an episode, CAIR’s Los Angeles branch pressured the network to rethink the project. The activism of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has been well documented by many sources over the past several years. Whenever the group senses the slightest insult against the Islamic, it demands the offending party immediately cease whatever activity has been deemed inappropriate.

While Christians and Jews routinely face hateful attacks on their faith, they are expected to absorb such abuse based on America’s First Amendment protections. Most believers understand this; and, though the pejoratives might sting, they generally respect the constitutional right of free expression.

CAIR, on the other hand, has a long history of intimidation against those who dare portray Islam in a less-than-optimal light. The group has led protests against numerous television and film projects that include Muslim antagonists – despite the fact that countless other scripts include villains of other faiths and elicit no such outrage.

The organization’s latest target was an ABC Family show called “Alice in Arabia.”

[workerbee]

STOP! No spoilers!

[Georgia Girl 2]

You can never placate the perpetually outraged.

[skinkinthegrass]

wasn't there an arab reality show, that ran for 2 wks on
tlc, a&e, etc..some cable channel about 5 yrs ago..
the network was probably warned off by these Islamic NAZIs

[TBP]

Someone ought to pick it up.

[ourworldawry]

“A huge difference between Muslims and Christians, Jews also, is that Jews and Christians will get upset over a slight, maybe write some opinion pieces, or possibly boycott something.”

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The huge difference here is, you do not define the REAL Christian, in your assumption of them. You are confusing us with “worldly/outward” Christians”.

[Defiant]

In the movie, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World", one scene had Albert Brooks called into Al Jazeera's office for a meeting. He thought they wanted to talk to him about a project. They really wanted to pitch him for their idea for a sitcom on Al Jazeera. About a Jew who lived in an apartment building with a bunch of Muslims. Their working title for the show was "That Darn Jew". Brooks turned them down. As he was leaving, the Al Jazeera guys asked him if he knew Jerry Seinfeld's phone number.

It occurred to me that it would make a very funny sitcom to depict the comic who took that job, and went to Qatar or Abu Dhabai to film "That Darn Jew" with Al Jazeera.