{"id":1656,"date":"2002-11-01T02:05:04","date_gmt":"2002-11-01T07:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2002-11-01T02:05:04","modified_gmt":"2002-11-01T07:05:04","slug":"america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/11\/america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying\/","title":{"rendered":": America Is Selling Islam: Is The Muslim World Buying?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>As Muslims in Indonesia relax after breaking their Ramadan fasts, they may catch a <a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my%2Fnews%2Fstory.asp%3Ffile%3D%2F2002%2F10%2F31%2Flatest%2F8416USadverti%26sec%3Dlatest\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">slick new ad campaign<\/a> on TV highlighting the happy lives of their American Muslim counterparts.  Hoping to achieve with heart-tugging imagery what diplomacy couldn\u2019t, the US State Department is launching a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com%2Farticle.cfm%3FobjectID%3DF4A4133F-AB31-4924-8D3BD3C961B0C632\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$15 advertising campaign<\/a> \u2013 the <a href=\"http:\/\/media.guardian.co.uk%2Fadvertising%2Fstory%2F0%2C7492%2C822742%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">largest<\/a> such campaign to date \u2013 in the Muslim world to show that Islam thrives in America and that the two are not incompatible.  Organized by \u201cschmooze queen of Madison Avenue\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com%2Fpeople%2Fdisplaystory.cfm%3Fstory_id%3D998594\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Charlotte Beers<\/a>, one of the heaviest hitters in the advertising industry, along with the support of a new Muslim group called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendialogue.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Council of American Muslims for Understanding<\/a>, the ads brought together people representing a slice of Amerislamica: a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendialogue.com%2Fenglish%2Fismail.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">teacher<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendialogue.com%2Fenglish%2Fhammuda.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">entrepreneur<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendialogue.com%2Fenglish%2Fmohammad.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">FDNY paramedic<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendialogue.com%2Fenglish%2Fzerhouni.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muslim head<\/a> of the National Institute of Health.  The ads haven\u2019t started running yet, but that hasn\u2019t stopped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com%2F2002%2F10%2F30%2Finternational%2Fasia%2F30INDO.html%3Fex%3D1036731600%26en%3D54235537d347a153%26ei%3D5062%26partner%3DGOOGLE\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the critics<\/a>.  Some say that the ads are too patronizing, others say the complexity of being Muslim in America should be highlighted, and still others say that the gesture is hollow unless Muslim concerns over US policies are addressed.  In any case, the ads won\u2019t be seen on Al-Jazeera \u2013 apparently the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adage.com%2Fnews.cms%3FnewsId%3D36453\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">price was too high<\/a>.  \u201cWhat they think they know about the United States is based on distorted images and rumor,\u201d said State Department spokesman <a href=\"http:\/\/usinfo.state.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwashfile%2Fdisplay.pl%3Fp%3D%2Fproducts%2Fwashfile%2Flatest%26f%3D02103005.tlt%26t%3D%2Fproducts%2Fwashfile%2Fnewsitem.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard Boucher<\/a> about the ad\u2019s audience.  \u201cIt\u2019s good for us to tell them our story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a $15 million budget and several feel-good stories about American Muslims, the US government is taking a message of tolerance to the Muslim world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: America Is Selling Islam: Is The Muslim World Buying?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With a $15 million budget and several feel-good stories about American Muslims, the US government is taking a message of tolerance to the Muslim world.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/11\/america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\": America Is Selling Islam: Is The Muslim World Buying?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With a $15 million budget and several feel-good stories about American Muslims, the US government is taking a message of tolerance to the Muslim world.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/11\/america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2002-11-01T07:05:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/11\/america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/11\/america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying\/\",\"name\":\": America Is Selling Islam: Is The Muslim World Buying?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2002-11-01T07:05:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2002-11-01T07:05:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/0e0efbb645cc461c721083358f82f945\"},\"description\":\"With a $15 million budget and several feel-good stories about American Muslims, the US government is taking a message of tolerance to the Muslim world.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/11\/america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/11\/america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/11\/america_is_selling_islam_is_the_muslim_world_buying\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\": America Is Selling Islam: Is The Muslim World Buying?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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