{"id":383,"date":"2006-06-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/06\/big-brothers-kaysar-returns.html"},"modified":"2006-06-21T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-21T12:00:00","slug":"big-brothers-kaysar-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/06\/big-brothers-kaysar-returns.html","title":{"rendered":"Big Brother’s Kaysar Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tonight will mark the return of perhaps the one and only positive representation of American Muslims currently on primetime television. Unfortunately, instead of being on a show that is substantial and thought-provoking, it will be on something shallow and salacious–a reality TV show.<\/p>\n

On the last season of CBS\u2019 \u201cBig Brother,\u201d<\/a> the show where a group of people are sequestered in a house and monitored by cameras 24\/7, the smart but soft-spoken Kaysar Ridha <\/a>became the clear fan favorite, even if he didn\u2019t win the grand prize. With this season of \u201cBig Brother\u201d being an \u201call-star\u201d season <\/a>in which former house guests can be voted back into the Big Brother house by fans, it is almost inevitable that Ridha, the son of Iraqi immigrants, will be one of the former housemates to return.<\/p>\n

Ridha, who is a graphic designer and has used his \u201cBig Brother\u201d fame to start a clothing company called IRockStar, said often last season that the only reason he went on the show was to help raise understanding of the issues Muslims in the Middle East as well as America face.<\/p>\n

With the war still going on in Iraq, I think that is a better reason than most to go on a reality show. And I admit I liked watching Kaysar last season, and I do hope he returns for this season. I just don\u2019t know if I can take another three months or four months of listening to host Julie Chen ask inane questions of the house guests or watch one more idiotic challenge to win \u201cHead of Household.\u201d<\/p>\n

Couldn\u2019t those of us who are not “Big Brother” fans just vote for CBS to give him a sitcom instead?<\/p>\n

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