24 writers urged to be careful of portrayal of Muslims

We might not be happy with Osama if he helped us catch Sadaam, but I think we may have been able to bite the bullet if Arafat or Ahmadinejad helped us catch Osama. I think Asaad is admirable because he is probably putting his life on the line to pursue a diplomatic solution. That is why he was offered up as bait by Fayad.It really bothers me that people are saying the show advocates locking people up just for being Muslim. Innocent people get arrested for things all the time. Maybe a neighbor has used your address for elicit activities, maybe you have donated to a charity that is actually funneling money to support criminal activities. The innocent are usually questioned, investigated and released. Only Lennox is advocating locking people up for "no" reason, and he seems to be an antagonist on the show. He will probably generate lots of conflict before the season is over.

Here are some good facts on CAIR.

http://www.anti-cair-net.org/

Get the facts and make your own decisions before we are a country run by muslims and they are making our decisions for us

Muneeb
oooooooohhhhhhhhhh....loved the link on "press releases" denouncing the attacks. Wow I bet it took CAIR about a minute each to write these on their computers. Wow wow wow- I guess I never knew their HUGE time commitment to spreading the word of their outrage....my apologies....You know it's funny that a freaking cartoon of that loving muhammad gets riots in the streets by every burka and fabric wrapped head in every country burning the flag of AMERICA and a speech by the Pope of tolerance and LISTENING to what people say gets riots in the street (it proved exactly what his speech was trying to say that muslims can't think they just riot) but do you see the is-lamies marching in Washington AGAINST terrorism....NOPE! do you see them outside CAIR with posters showing the terrorist with "we don't support terrorism of any kind" on them....NOPE! They write one minute press releases!!!!!! THANKS FOR THE EFFORT. Again, go back to the countries that support this type of behavior and religion. We want people in this country that support our values. Is tollerence of other religoins refusing a blind man and his leader dog a cab ride in Minneapolis? Is tolerance and compassion for other people yelling out alla in the middle of an airport where NORMAL people want to fly without the threat of being a human bomb and wonder why everyone gets skittish. The muslim population and THEIR actions are responsible for how they are portrayed. Deal with it because you just bring it on yourselves. I am all for profiling and if it happened to me I would open every bag I had and pee in every cup they gave me because I would be thinking about the thousands of people that were doing nothing but minding their own business one early morning, not to mention the 5 small children on the planes that were, AGAINST THEIR WILL, turned into a bomb for a religion. The truth hurts doesn't it CAIR.

SCIENTIFIC...which terrorist organization do YOU belong to? Are you giving you dollars to CAIR so that they can blow some more innocent people up? Isn't it funny how all the is-lames are speaking out about how terrible and how unfairly they are being treated in the media cry cry cry crrrrrrrrry me a river. They AREN'T speaking out on the TERRIORISTS MUSLIMS that are supposedly giving their "religion of love and peace and brother hood" a bad name. Nope they send them MONEY!!! Bigot is often used as a pejorative term against a person who is obstinately devoted to their prejudices even when these views are challenged or proven to be false. Forms of bigotry may have a related ideology or world views. Were the 9/11 terrorists' muslim??? YEP. Are the people over in the middle east blowing innocent people up muslim???? YEP. Do the muslims here denounce any of this filthy viscous terrorism in the name of religion??? NOPE. I guess I'm not a bigot because what I'm saying is pretty accurate. alla-lovers the new Hitler!!!! Again, go back to Iran where you can practice your religion of terror out in the open.

^^^i guess if it looks like a bigot, talks like a bigot, it is a bigot :(

your father is wrong and prejudiced....a spade is a spade, but if you start calling all cards spades, your gonna lose....true story

your the reason CAIR made their statement in the first place. their whole point was that 24 is running a risk, not with their usage of Muslims as the terrorists, but their portrayal of Muslims in general, and showing their detainment in concentration camps, their actually pulling off a nuclear bomb (something thats been foiled in every other season of 24); which subliminally puts the thought in the subconscious of borderline bigots like yourself, "Support America", that all Muslims should be detained and that torture is an acceptable tactic, thus justifying certain hot button topics that are downright wrong, like Guantanamo Bay, in this "war on terror"...

my personal opinion is that 24 has done a good job thus far, but DOES run the risk of rising sentiment among their general viewership through purporting these images again and again as something that is not only possible, but something that perhaps should be done for the "freedom and security" of the US, when the truth is, the matter lies in the actual government's foreign policies (mainly their non-isolationist policy in regards to the Middle East)

so you can spew your hatred (Support America), but the truth is, that it appears you know nothing about Islam, the "War on Terror", or anything outside your borders, so it'd probably be in your best interest to not spew hatred, otherwise, your just gonna continue to come off looking like a fool...

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24 only is show, but how can the muslims complain as as far as I know, all the terrorists have been Muslims.
I'm still waiting for the leaders of the Musilm faith in the USA and elseware to call for an end of the killing.

Listen, I can't imagine Americans going after Muslims after watching 24. it is just a tv show after all. I do believe that some Americans did go after Muslims after Sept 11, 2001. Obviously that was wrong. Listen, who are we in a war against right now? We are in Afghanistan & Iraq and most recently bombed Somalia. Terrorists who happened to be Muslims. It's real life. A sensible person will know not all Muslims are terrorists but let me tell you from the people that they have caught and are plotting against our country, they all appear to be extremists and Muslims. Enough said.

I don't watch "24" because it's propaganda for an administration out of control. The fear it generates is possible, but raising the thought commits the crime in your mind. If people are terrorized by exploding mushroom clouds, they will do whatever the administration desires. What did the administration do on 9-11 to stop 20 terrorists from defeating our entire defense system? Hollywood and the Pentagon brainstormed about terror. Hollywood got paid 41 million for their ideas. Does anyone remember an episode of X-Files about a plane flying into a building? Thinking is half the crime.

Tv new demandment you shall not offend a group of people by calling them terrorists. If true read rule number one.

Debbie,
She did on Wednesday.