salaam,
i don't think you'll see any muslim programming in america without using some type of dish network. here in america we can boast having hundreds of other types of channels, but to have a muslim channel or muslim related programming would be unheard of. when muslims are portrayed in america, it usually isn't portrayed positively. overall, american media doesn't want non-muslim americans to gain the true knowledge of islam. it would be very harmful to their agenda. one thing that people who were born into muslim families should realize is that islam for born muslims has always been a part of life, but the enemies of islam know that islam has the power to change the lives of non-muslims more positively than anything else on this planet. with that knowledge, they can't allow such large scale muslim programming. to show muslims praying five timesa day, giving zakat, abstaining from illicit relationships, drugs and alcohol; would totally destroy the lies that they helped create against muslims.
i am of a mixed race ( black and spanish ) but i do realize that black people are almost always pre-judged. they are the only ones shown in handcuffs, shown to be the only drug dealers etc. it's a lie. yes, there are blacks doing these things, but if you base your idea about blacks by what you see on american tv, you'll believe that all blacks are like that. american media wants to portray muslims as terrorists and fanatics so that americans will believe that's what we as muslims are. the funny thing is that only 20% of all muslims are arabs, but the media will have you believe that all muslims are arab. they just hate islam.
i also have an arab appearance to many people that meet me. they often ask if i'm egyptian. i'm never offended by it because i have seen egyptians that looked like me. but one day, christmas day to be exact, a puerto rican woman was at my store, she didn't speak english, i knew she was hispanic so i helped her in her language. she asked me if i was with the terrorists. i told her that i was indeed a muslim but i was by no means a terrorist. she said that i looked like i was " arabe " arabic in spanish. i told her that i knew that, and i also reminded her that there will be hispanics that look like arabs, because they had a huge empire in the land of our ancestors for over 700 years.
this was troubling for me because i knew that this woman didn't know any muslims and she wasn't trying to be mean, but due to what the media shows muslims as being, she initally thought i was some type of terrorist operative. the evil goals of the evil people in charge of the media indeed have a powerful affect on the american masses. for this reason, we may never see islam portrayed positively on a regular basis on american tv.
i'm sorry for making this reply as large as it is. i just feel very passionate on this matter
