{"id":10310,"date":"2011-12-26T19:48:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T00:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=10310"},"modified":"2011-12-22T10:44:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T15:44:19","slug":"peta-wants-equal-time-for-dogs-on-tlcs-reality-tv-show-all-american-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/12\/peta-wants-equal-time-for-dogs-on-tlcs-reality-tv-show-all-american-muslim","title":{"rendered":"PETA wants equal time for dogs on TLC&#8217;s reality TV show &#8220;All-American Muslim&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irritated over an episode of the already controversial TLC cable TV reality program &#8220;All-American Muslim,&#8221; the animal advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is demanding equal time for canines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10325\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/12\/wrigley-3-e1323980541882.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10325\" title=\"wrigley 3\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/12\/wrigley-3-e1323980541882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wrigley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At issue is Islamic &#8212; or perhaps Arab &#8212;\u00a0attitudes about dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a recent episode, newlywed Arab-American Shadia McDermott tells her new husband Jeff, an Irish-American convert to Islam, that she does not want his 16-year-old beagle, Wrigley, to move with them<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/Articles\/Home-Page-News-and-Views\/PETA-wants-equal-time-for-dogs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK to read article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irritated over an episode of the already controversial TLC cable TV reality program &#8220;All-American Muslim,&#8221; the animal advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is demanding equal time for canines. 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