Re: 99 Problems But a Cape Ain't One: Conservatives Attack Islamic Superheroes

> http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/10/19/the-99-muslim-islamic-superhero-comic/

> The inherent Middle Easternness of "The 99" does set it apart from other 
> television cartoons; I don't think we've seen this cultural context 
> presented so obviously in children's entertainment since Disney's 
> "Aladdin" in 1992 (you can count "Prince of Persia" if you like).

Well, there was also 1998's The Prince of Egypt, which was explicitly 
produced with input from Muslim community leaders as well as Jewish and 
Christian ones.  (Of course, I am assuming that Egypt -- and the Sinai 
peninsula, for that matter -- count as "Middle East".)  But that film, 
like Prince of Persia, takes place in a pre-Islamic context.

> Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich recently 
> came out firmly against Sharia being "considered as a replacement for 
> American law" (even though no American politician is promoting anything 
> of the kind). Sharia is coming for our courts and it's coming for our 
> kids!

Well, it's already worming its way into Canadian courts, as per that 
article I posted last night.  So it's not so hard to imagine that it might 
worm its way into American courts, as well.

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