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Independent Lens | Wham! Bam! Islam! | Imagining New Heroes for Muslim Children | PBS

Duration: 01:20
Program: Independent Lens #1301
Broadcast Date: Oct. 13, 2011

Naif Al-Mutawa, the creator of The 99, describes reading about a Palestinian businessman who published a sticker book called the Intifada Album that extolled the virtues of suicide bombers. He would cite this as an example to potential funders for his own project, explaining that Muslim children needed new heroes.

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Post Date: September 1, 2011