DAR AL HARB - U.S.A. - OKLAHOMA: THE CROSSROADS PROGRAM DOES NOT PUT ISLAM IN A "POSITIVE LIGHT" IN A COUPLE OF SEGMENTS, MOSLEMS PROTESTING

State Muslims challenge TV show

Oklahoma Muslim leaders will respond this week to what they say were some inaccuracies in the recent public television series "America at a Crossroads.”

The Governor's Ethnic-American Advisory Council requested a chance to set the record straight after previewing the series before it ran on the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority from April 15 through 20.

"We thought there were a couple of segments that did not put Islam in a positive light,” said Marjaneh Seirafi-Pour, the council's chairman.

OETA Director John McCarroll agreed to let council members preview the series and gave them 30 minutes of air time starting at 9 p.m. Friday to respond.

"They were concerned there might be a backlash in Oklahoma because most of it did deal with Islamic extremists,” McCarroll said.

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