Every Sunday night for the past few weeks my husband and I have been watching TLC's "All American Muslim." Neither one of us are in love with this quirky reality show, but still, we're happy that TLC took the risk to feature these families in prime time on Sunday nights.
Our personal complaints about the show have been that Dearborn, Mich., isn't like the rest of the country for Muslims; most of us live as the minority in our cities and towns. Dearborn gives these families a very unique experience of being Muslim in America. Secondly, these families are all Arabs; we don't see any South Asian Muslims, or African American Muslims, who together make up the majority of Muslims in America. The show does follow one formerly Catholic guy who has converted to Islam but finds it very difficult to practice the faith; and as a convert, I can say this is not typical either. But, hey, they agreed to let cameras into their homes, and follow them into the maternity ward, the "man-garage" (a Dearborn-centric practice, as far as I know) and the gridiron. I congratulate them for their bravery.
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