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‘American Muslim’ boycott mocks family-values conservatism

  December 17, 2011

David Caton’s big problem with the show is that it doesn’t conform to his own negative stereotypes of Muslims. That’s like picketing the Cosby show because none of the characters were crack addicts or prostitutes. Actually, it’s worse. All-American Muslim is reality. Are the show’s producers really to blame if its characters - who include a football coach and a cop - don’t murder their sisters or daughters in honor killings?

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