Good News and Action Needed re. All American Muslim show

By: American Decency Staff

CORPORATE AMERICA continues to pull their advertisements from TLC’s “All American Muslimâ€Â after you, our supporters, took action and expressed your concern about the propaganda of this show. Click here to send your email to NEW ADVERTISERS and advertisers who are REPEAT OFFENDERS, continuing to sponsor the misleading half-truths of “All American Muslim.â€Â "All-American Muslim," continues down the path of painting over the evil undertones existent in Islamic ideology, ignoring the violent and extreme wing of Muslim theology. Each week since “All American Muslimâ€Â premiered four weeks ago on November 13, American Decency Association has sent out email alerts to inform you about the white-washed message of this show. Thanks to your action, 51 national and local advertisers did not return as a sponsor of “All American Muslimâ€Â after receiving letters from you, our supporters.  The following companies, after having advertised once during the first three episodes, did not advertise on “All American Muslimâ€Â in the subsequent week(s). We appreciate these companies that appear to have fled from sponsoring All American Muslim: Kayak.com, John Frieda hair products, Wal-Mart, Pet Smart, Kettle Potato Chips, Ross Medical Center (Local), Karen Groenhout Law Office (Local), Clinique make-up, Centrum vitamins, T-Mobile, Leap Frog, Kahlua alcohol, TruMoo chocolate milk, K-Mart, Home Depot, Sonic, Latisse, Airborne, MyChronicMigraine.com, Lake Woods Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Local), Amway, Sweet-N-Low, Blue Cross Blue Shield (Local), Volkswagen, Radio Shack (Local), Weber Lumber Co,(Local), 20^th Century, Subaru, Macy’s, Glade plug-ins, 3M, Bell’s of Whitehall (Local), Paramount, Maytag Washer, Select 55 – Budweiser, Universal, Comcast, Nutra Nail, Cystex Cranberries, Windows 7, Bank of America, Scotch Shipping Tape, Mobigo – Vtech, Dulera, Arm & Hammer Products, Hunt’s Tomatoes, Kay Jewelry, Ikea, Prudential, Scrubbing Bubbles, West MI Hyundai (Local) However, the following advertisers need to hear from you!  Below are new sponsors of the December 4 episode of “All American Muslimâ€Â, as well as returning advertisers. New sponsors are: Dreamworks, Farmers Ins. Group, Mucinex, Welch’s, Seelye Wright Motor (Local), Droid – Verizon, Paramount, Velveeta, Kleenex, Lowes, Pedia Care, Amazon – Kindle Fire, Citi Bank Card, Seaway Appliance Center (Local), Resolve Returning, hardcore advertisers are listed here: Dyson Vacuums, Big Lots, XBox 360, Geico, Discover Card Take Action!  Click here to send your email to these sponsors of “All American Muslim.â€Â https://americandecency.org/take_action_form.php?message=138 To read more of why we are concerned about “All American Muslimâ€Â click here: https://americandecency.org/archives/reactions-to-all-american-muslim/ Here is a synopsis of this week’s episode: "All-American Muslim," part of TLC's Sunday night lineup, continues down the path of painting over the evil undertones existent in Islamic ideology. As we and others have said before, the danger with "All-American Muslim" is not that it is proselytizing viewers, but that it is closing the curtain on the violent and extreme wing of Muslim theology. The Muslims on this show seem to be good people, but these do not represent the entire religion. There are extreme factions of this religion and the more moderate groups have done an unsatisfactory job of denouncing their violent counter parts. This week's episode focused on a football game between a Muslim team and a Catholic team. It was essentially like any other rivalry – no one called for beheading the quarterback or taking back the holy city of Dearborn. That, of course, was the point – to show that Muslim kids are just like any other kids. The game took place during Ramadan, meaning the players could not eat or drink during the first portion of the game and hadn't done so all day. The Catholic players who were interviewed were very respectful of this, even if it may have been a partial cause of the trouncing they gave the Muslim team. To show the range of beliefs, even in the Muslims on this program, there was one man who thought the team should have broken their fast for the game. Another storyline followed a woman who wants to open an alcohol-serving club, and this week she tells her mom about her desires. Mom essentially says absolutely not, she would not support it, because it was not a fitting business for a woman. She suggests a clothing store or a nail salon. This woman who wants to open the club is not what you would call a conservative woman. She dresses provocatively for any demographic, let alone a Muslim woman, and she rarely attends mosque. Tonight, however, is the end of Ramadan and she decides to attend with her family. In spite of having what she thinks are modest clothes, her mother gives her a head scarf and a cloak to wear. Another little piece of propaganda thrown in is when one of the Muslim women meets with her Lebanese Christian friend. She says that their religions are "SO similar." Don't get me wrong, I think it's awesome that she has a Christian friend and that they have mutual respect. But while Muslims and Christians may agree on many social stances – homosexuality, abstinence until marriage, modesty, etc. – the basis for our religions are completely different. Christianity is based on a just and merciful God who cannot abide sin, so he sent his son to take the punishment for the sins we have committed. Islam is based on a God who cannot abide sin, so you'd better do more good in your life than bad or you're going to burn in Hell. It must be our prayer that our God shows Muslims who the One, True God really is and that they would come to Him. ========================================================== Your support is important to our ability to make a difference. 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