Avoiding caricature in an American sitcom about Islam: Two summers ago, when Moses Port and David Guarascio, both television writers, pitched their unorthodox and potentially controversial premise for “Aliens in America” – a comedy built around a Pakistani Muslim exchange student who moves in with a somewhat reluctant family in small-town Wisconsin – they were pleased to discover that studio and network executives at CW were enthusiastic about the idea. [IHT]
In the library with a leading Islamic liberal: Egyptian Gamal Banna backs women’s right to lead prayers and thinks clerics should adapt to modern times. [LA Times]
Al-Jazeera chief ‘fired for being white Christian’: A television executive has demanded more than £1 million in compensation from the Arabic station al-Jazeera claiming that she was fired because she was not a Muslim. [Telegraph]
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