One of the more intellectual posts I've seen here on amirite

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The premise looked stupid anyway, but definitely not for that reason...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I agree. From what I can tell, the plot is a normal American Muslim family has a normal American life. There is nothing interesting about it. What ever happened to the good old days when shows were full of entertaining sex and violence?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

seriously. And you just know TLC will make their lives seem wrought with discrimination and make US look like the bad guys, when in reality the extent of discrimination would be some kid asking them what the head scarf is for, or some security guard at the airport looking at them as they pass by.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know. Even if people really did discriminate against them, no one would do it in front of a bunch of TV cameras, knowing they'd look like an ass in front of millions of viewers. It's all got to be faked.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know! And then everyone will think it's a very accurate portrayal and that discrimination is a huger problem than it really is, then there will be even more people who go out of their way to be extra sensitive to muslims, or our standards of political correctness will go up to the point where if you so much as look at a woman wearing a hijab someone slaps you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This is true. I saw a preview for the show where a waitress refused to take their order because they were Muslim. That's just way over the top staged. Even racist people want to get a good tip.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

urgh tlc, what is your problem? They're using discrimination to make money. THAT'S ALL IT FREAKING IS.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

At least it's not toddlers and tiaras.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

true.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

A group in Florida is protesting the show because it "doesn't show the radical side of Muslims" which would give Americans "the wrong idea that all Muslims are normal." Like, honestly? Is our society //that// fucked up?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think the show is doing anything wrong, but you have to see the logic in their point of view. While not all Muslims are terrorists, most terrorists are Muslim. The majority of Muslims are genuinely nice and good moral people, but the are also a dangerous people. If you read their laws and beliefs, you'll find out that their goal in the world is to convert literally everybody to Islam. While some people go about this by killing non-believers (extremists), some try to do it preaching and setting an example. I'm not saying the show is bad but we need to be careful about how we portray them on both sides of the spectrum

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Most terrorists are not Muslim. A terrorist uses fear to control— That opens up a wide door for more than just Muslims.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The show is about average, every day Muslims living in America, leading a normal life, just like you and I. So please tell me how that's "portraying them on both sides of the spectrum"?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nope. Most terrorists are Jewish. Christianity doesn't have the nicest rules, either. The news is portraying them on the opposite end of the spectrum.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The majority of terrorists are not Muslim. http://www.loonwatch.com/2010/01/not-all-terrorists-are-muslims/ Also, almost every religion stresses converting people as a goal. There are dangerous people of all religions, races, and genders. I haven't seen the show, but if it portrays the average Muslim, it's a good idea because clearly people like you have false impressions.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why is your post negative? It's true. And if people think that what you're saying about the Qu'ran is false, then they need to do some research. There are certainly nice Islam people. Heck, one of my best friends is Muslim. But women are trash in that religion, and it is NOT a religion of peace- it's one of violence (example 1: honor killings) Like I said- there are plently of nice Islams. Not all of them are terrorists, but, unfortunately, the majority of terrorists ARE in fact Muslim. People need to get over being politcally correct and face the truth...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"Like I said- there are plenty of nice Islams." Islams??? I only know of one Islam.. I didn't really realize that there's more than one Islam.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lol, yeah a religion that requires you to greet any other Muslim you meet with "Peace be upon you" is obviously condoning violence. And for the record, Islam teaches that women should have equal (and in some cases more) respect then men. Since you read the Quran, you would of course know that the most respected person in every Muslim's life after Allah and the prophet is supposed to be their Mother. Not even a person's father comes close to that respect.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Bitch, please. Islam isn't that special. Oppressive to women? Yeah, lot's of religions have that. Christianity Judaism Hinduism ect. were oppressing women way before Mohammed was even born. That not just a Muslim thing. Honor Killings? Same deal. That's been around for ever in almost every society. Christianity has the most people, so it naturally has the most terrorists.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"Christianity has the most people, so it naturally has the most terrorists. " Proof, please? I don't believe that suicide bombers do what they do in the name of Christ. No, they do it in the name of Allah.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I never said Christianity had more middle eastern suicide bombers. But that's not the only form of terrorism. I said there were more christian terrorists than Muslim terrorists on account of there being more Christians. There are more Chinese terrorists than Croatian terrorists because China has more people than Croatia. It's just simple logic.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's really flawed logic. That's like saying that's like saying because there are more ants than lions, they are the bigger threat

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Except unlike ants and lions, a Muslims and a Christians are equally dangerous.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I see you're new here

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Can I just say that converting people is not our fucking goal? We're not even allowed to try to get anyone to convert because it rarely works. I don't care what your faith is and neither does anyone else...If you want to convert to any religion, you have to do it your own fucking self. No one can or wants to force/trick/brainwash you into anything. Do you really think we're all huddled up in our mosques devising increasingly desperate plans for getting dannydunnaway to join our ranks? How self absorbed and ignorant can you get?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So if Muslims dot care about converting others, why do the taliban kill non-believers? Why does al qaeda hate western society? As I have stated multiple times, Islam is (usually) a good, peaceful religion. We aren't trying to dis on Islam, but you can understand that we should be cautious in how it is viewed. We don't want Muslims like what I imagine you to be portrayed as terrorists, but we don't want terrorists portrayed as good, American citizens. This is why this issue is tricky and this is why people have concerns over the tv show. I haven't seen it so I won't say whether or not I agree or disagree, but caution should be exercised. Also, one question: Why are all the negative comments about Islam in the negative, when all the comments downplaying Christianity and Judaism are not? This proves two things: 1) either everybody is already halfway converted, and completely negates what you say, and 2) political correctness is forcing everyone to label people hatemongers and racists because we make points that are judgmental but based on fact and logic. Either way, this post on amiright demonstrates precisely what is happening to America.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh shit, you caught us.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Who is this "we" you keep referring to? Tons of religions have a long and bloody history of terrorism. We shouldn't single out American Muslims as more likely to be terrorists than American Jews/Rastafarians/Buddhists/Hindus/Zoroastrians/Atheists/Wicca?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I could make out most of your comment because the app is glitching, but the "we" I am referring to is Americans in general. I could make out "American Muslims". Like I keep saying, I have nothing against the Muslim religion, just terrorists. It just so happens that more often than not, terrorists are Muslims. People need to quit worrying about judgements political correctness and start worrying about our national security

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What makes you think terrorists are more often Muslim? That's not even true. Terrorism exists outside of the Taliban and the regions in the middle east. There are terrorists in every single country and of every single major religion.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://ctrlv.in/70947

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually, most terrorists are from right-wing groups.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I don't think you know Islam all that well [There shall be no compulsion in religion. Distinct has now become the right way from [the way of] error: hence, he who rejects the powers of evil and believes in God has indeed taken hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing] ( Al-Baqarah 2:256) http://www.onislam.net/english/ask-the-scholar/crimes-and-penalties/apostasy/172501-should-an-apostate-be-put-to-death.html

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Also women are not trash in Islam Status of women: http://www.onislam.net/english/reading-islam/about-muhammad/460886-the-prophet-and-the-status-of-women.html "These stories are reflective of the Prophet’s [Muhammad~pbuh] mercy and kindness towards women. But he went even farther. He tried to liberate women from all kinds of injustice, maltreatment and oppression. He can genuinely be viewed as a liberator of women. He gave women such rights and privileges that even Western women did not enjoy until centuries later, like the right to own and use property independently of her husband and family. She also had a voice in the public sphere and politics, as the example of Prophet’s giving audience to women shows."

by Anonymous 10 years ago

I find it sad that anyone would go to such an extent just to discriminate innocent people.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Do the even watch the show before they protest it?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It hasn't aired yet.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

（╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ I really don't like conservatives

by Anonymous 12 years ago

the ones like the group that's mentioned just give us a bad name... most of us are a lot more reasonable than that... And I can't say the GOP candidates are helping us all that much...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Omg one of the good conservatives. Can I take a picture cause I won't see another one of you for years if ever again.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

ahahaha. I feel like we're a dying race :/

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Being a conservative is not the same thing as being a bigot. Please don't associate nice innocent conservatives with racist jackasses.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

^ and that is a perfect example of a typical Internet debate.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Muslims may not be terrorists and terrorists may not be Muslims but Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Show one picture of Muhammad and Muslims start an uproar to censor the TV show. Do something similar that offends Christians and sure some Christians might shout "blasphemy!" but nothing is done to censor it. I just hate how Atheists love to bash Christians because they feel that Christians are forcing shit down their throats but what about Muslims? What about other religions? Atheists are slacking these days.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because there isn't an image of prophet Muhammad and people are just assuming his appearance

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then cartoonists have every right to draw whatever the hell they want.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not if it's crossing religious boundaries. There is no known image of PM and when people fabricate it it's offensive. There's a reason why there isn't an image of it. So his image can't be distorted. That's why there's no "image" of God or "Allah"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Cartoonists have the right to draw whatever the hell they want to regardless how many people are offended by it. It's called free speech.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

As an atheist, the only times I'm ever bombarded with religion is by Christians. The people who stand outside my old High School and tell all the kids they're going to hell, are Christians. I have never once in my life talked to a Muslim person that tried to even mention their beliefs in any conversation I've had with them, unlike Christians. And I am by no means saying all Christians behave that way, I know a lot that don't do that, but in my personal experiences Christians are the most religiously "pushy", for lack of a better word.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think that has much to do with Christianity itself. If most of your high school was <name any religion>, you'd get bombarded with annoying <name any religion> people telling you to adopt <name any religion>. Being a meddlesome dick who pushes their beliefs on people is kind of a universal thing.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Congratulations! You manged to insult Muslims, Christians, and atheists in one short post. I commend you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Thanks, fEMMAnist!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wtf why is there even a show? I'm a Muslim and I find this whole thing ridiculous.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My family has watched that show every Sunday it has been on TLC, and they believe that this show portrays Muslims in the wrong light, but that could be because they say the Muslims on the show are "Lebanese Muslims", who are "not as Muslim" as Palestinean Muslims. Also my brother-in-law apparently went to high school with some of the ladies on that show and said they acted inappropriately at that time. I say the show portrays American Muslims in the proper light, but that being said, I think America diffuses a lot of traditions in orthodox religion, and Islam is no exception to that remark. That show is sort of like how if you asked someone what they believe in spiritually, and they'll say, "Oh, I'm Christian, definitely!" But they don't go to church or participate in any orthodox Christian activities or pray regularly... That is what "All-American Muslims" is like to me. An agnostic approach to Islam.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

How do you measure how "Muslim" someone is? What units do you use? Islameters? How much more Muslim are Lebanese people compared to Palestinian people?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You can take that up with my parents. I think my parents don't want to give Lebanese Muslims as much credit because of all the countries that are part of the Middle East, Lebanon is the only country that has a majority of Christian followers, so that makes Lebanon (and Israel, the only majorly Jewish country) the "odd man out", so to speak. From what I've observed of my life, the Lebanese don't get much credit. I remember once this guy came from Lebanon to speak to our world geography class because he was graduating from a local university and we were studying that region of the world, but that's irrelevant as there was nothing substantial aboot his visit that could argue anything aboot anything, because a single person can't accurately portray an entire people. That is the problem with people who might disagree with this show. You can't look at a show aboot part of a culture thinking it can represent some perfect depiction of the entire society encompassed in that culture, but that is how some people will interpret this show. I'd say it would be more realistic if they focused on families with teenagers instead of just families with young children.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's true. You can't expect one family to represent or even try to represent all the Muslims in the world. Muslims come in every race and culture and live in every country. I don't think the show (which I've never seen) is really trying to tell the story of all Muslims. I think they are just trying to tell their own story.

by Anonymous 12 years ago