Korean Drama Criticized for Giving Islam a Bad Image
|Via a reader tip comes this story of a Korean drama supposedly promoting Islamaphobia:
New Korean comedy-drama Man who Dies to Live has caused an uproar among netizens who have accused it of misusing Islamic values and portraying a false image of Muslims in its scenes.
According to yonhapnews.co.kr, the drama, which has been broadcasted on MBC TV since July 19, tells the story of Jang Dal-goo who travels to a fictional country in the Middle East, gets rich, receives a “count” title and then becomes a citizen under the name of Saeed Fahd Ali.
He later returns to Korea to reunite with his long-lost daughter and her husband.
The actor who plays the main character of Jang Dal-goo, Choi Min-soo, appears as a stereotypical Arab man by wearing thawb, headscarf and black robe. (……..)
“That drama is sharing the wrong image of Islam and Muslims in general. It’s a total piece of garbage,” wrote Twitter user @mayssemgh, who also created a series of tweets on why MBC should not air the drama. [Asia One]
Here is my favorite quote in the article:
“It’s literally just ruining Islam’s image and making fun of Muslims.”
I would say mass terrorism, ISIS, Al Qaeda, suicide bombings, oppression of women, slave markets, beheadings, etc. have done a fine job of ruining Islam’s image well before this stupid drama ever aired.
If @mayssemgh doesn’t like it, he should change the channel. Don’t they have a Starcraft channel he can watch? ISIS are pretty much the Zerg…
Here everyone is cowering to the poor islamist…don’t upset them or they will have to kill you. Islamaphobia is a made up word to stop any criticism of islam and its perverted laws and treatment of people
Yes. And there’s no place for cowards in this fight.
Reporter for AsiaOne mistakes trolls for Muslims, gives them penultimate victory.