11 August 2010 The private German TV station RTL 2, usually providing mass entertainment, announces the times of sunrise and sunset during the month of Ramadan. Hosting shows like Big Brother and small-scale Hollywood movies, the station’s slogan is “It’s fun”. Unexpectedly, the marketing directors have now decided to “send out a signal” for integration…
Muslim voices are finally being heard by and from Hollywood, and it’s in Tinseltown’s best interest to listen. Negative stereotypes of Muslim characters date to at least the black-and-white era, but by the 1990s and the end of the Cold War, one-dimensional Muslim terrorist characters were the generic “bad guy” in countless movies and television…
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) awarded the Emmy-Award winning television show, “The Simpsons,” with its first MPAC Media Award this past April 25th. Animation director Steven Dean Moore accepted the award on behalf of “The Simpsons” production team, over the episode titled “Mypods and Broomsticks” which features a Muslim-American family new to Springfield. Many…
American films and TV programs post September 11th have reinforced screen images of Muslims and Arabs as fanatics and villains, argues author Jack Shaheen. Shaheen, in his book Guilty — Hollywood’s Verdict on Arabs after 9/11, praises some post Sept. 11th films for offering more sympathetic images of Muslims and Arabs, but argues that much…
