Muslims and America

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired

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David Stacy, a 33-year-old Christian man from West Virginia, agrees to make a drastic life change for 30 days when he moves to the largely Muslim community of Dearborn, Michigan. David struggles with his feelings and previous prejudices against a religion that does not believe in Christ and in the minds of many Americans is associated with the September 11 terror attacks, as he befriends his new host family and adopts their customs.moreless
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  • EXCELLENT! Just one suggestion....

    10
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    By victoriagoins, Mar 17, 2010
    I think there should be a show about living for 30 days as a muslim WOMAN. There are all of these stereotypes that muslim women are oppressed and that muslim men abuse their women or think they are inferior to them. Although there are some situations (mostly in Saudi Arabia) where this is the case; on the whole, muslim women are not oppressed and are instead protected and cherished by their fathers and husbands. In fact, not being objectified enables women to be viewed for their intelligence instead of their bodies and beauty. I mean, did anyone watch the 'unraveling of Tutankhamen'??? Women in hijab were there in the lab, cloning Tut's DNA! It would make a great show---a feminist living as a muslim woman or a headcovering christian.moreless

  • One of the greatest episodes this show has ever seen. I'm a Jew from Israel and it was an amazing episode to watch.

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    By potter1989, Jun 14, 2008
    Like I said in the summary, I'm an Israeli, and I was a bit apprehensive to watch this episode.

    So many things about Muslims were revealed in this episode, I'm shocked it wasn't a complete success when it came out.

    Personally, I thought Jihad was the act of killing yourself for Muhammad, and was surprised to learn that it's an act of cleansing yourself, of a kind of purification.

    This episode presented me with so many new things, I was just flabbergast. It's nice to know (although we all know it in some way or another) that Muslims are not all bad. The problem is how to know who is and who isn't. But...it's true to all the other religions...moreless

  • I am a studier of many religions. this episode was just what america needs to see, along with perhaps many more shows like this one.

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    By ChrisLLL, Jun 01, 2008
    thoreau once said "It is never too late to give up our prejudices."
    I hope this episode will start an awareness among the few or so americans that watch this particular episode. There are many great religions out there. muslim being one of them. We are truly all in america and its sad the ignorance of many people in america. They are being afraid of what they do not understand.

    30 days just a small amount of time to bring someone to a new understanding of someones culture. If we could all do that. There would be very few wars in this world.moreless

  • Good episode but could have been better

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    By PikeBishop, Aug 12, 2006
    I think this was a good episode which delved into many of the aspects of Muslim culture that most everyday Americans know nothing of, but it has two major flaws. Other than the dinner conversation, where the Muslim family really dodged his questions and tried to avoid the subject of terrorism, there was almost no mention of the radical fringe of Islam, and (in my view) more importantly why more mainstream Muslims don't publicly renounce terrorism, comitted (falsley) in the name of their faith. The second problem I have is that, nice as he was, Dave was not a good choice to carry the banner for Christian Americans. He was a fundamentalist from West Virginia, and it has been my experience that most fundamentalists have a "forrest for the trees" mindset when it comes to knowing thier faith, the Bible and the teachings of Christianity. For instance Dave had no response when the imam talked about how drinking alcohol is forbidden in the Bible. It is not! Nowhere even close does the Bible forbid drinking, but Dave did not know that and could not respond. Nor could he rebut well other misconceptions Muslims had about Christianity. Instead of a fundamentalist, I would have much rather seen a Roman Catholic (who use wine in their liturgy for crying out loud) or a mainstream Protestant, like a Methodist or a Presbyterian, who would be better equiped to debate theology with his hosts and their teachers.moreless

  • Terrific concept for an episode... much needed. I only gave a lower score because this subject matter is tough to scratch in 30 days. Much left untouched, by necessity. Next, the reverse -- a muslim among jews?moreless

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    By jackster1212, Jul 06, 2006
    The participants seemed well chosen. Nobody, mercifully, seemed fanatical. There were a couple of things the Muslim community seemed to get not quite right about Christian doctrine (\\\"drink is illegal\\\" for instance). And that dinner conversation, I would have liked to see go on longer.

    Also, it might have been stronger if we\\\'d seen not just how the muslims are at home... or predominately that, anyway... but maybe to see them at work, in a modern context. That second Imman in normal clothes... very distinguished...

    There\\\'s a lot about Islam that\\\'s caught up in a very different kind of tradition that can seem very old world. And that\\\'s fine. We can learn from seeing that. But it\\\'s eye-opening to see that they can also lead very American, very modern lives too. I guess we did see some of that... the softball game, etc.

    I\\\'d love to see this done again, but with other mixed themes. Maybe a muslim from this community that goes among jews or Christians for 30 days. And then, only a little further from this theme... a white blue collar worker living with migrant Mexicans... or among urban blacks... and vice versa... a black city kid in a white community...

    On the whole, i thought it was a good episode.

    The airport stuff and the petition signing, particularly eye-opening.
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    • David: The first week or two I would really dread when we'd do anything at the Mosque. I felt like I was betraying my faith, betraying my family. No one can really experience what it's like to be discriminated against until you do. I'm an Anglo-American and I have never felt like a minority anywhere I've went and the whole time I was up there I was kind of the odd man out. It was a pretty unsettling feeling. I came back just realizing that they're just some of the most awesome people, very compassionate and devoted, productive. I think we could use several million more of them, to tell you the truth. I will defend these people and defend their faith because you can't stereotype one and a half billion people, or even 500 people, for the actions of five.

    • Morgan: When you hear Muslim what do you picture? What does a Muslim look like? David Stacy: I picture a woman with a sheet or having the face covered, and I think of men with an AK-47 at war with someone.

    • David walks out the door gesturing to his muslim friends behind him. "Did he just flip me off?" "No he went like this, its a peace sign, dude."

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