Agreed. They weren't afraid to make the terrorists Muslims. And right nasty ones, too. Looking forward to the next hour.
24 has an annoying habit of having the Muslims as the bad guys at first. Then later on it's revealed the bad guys are really a gang of old white men. Or one white woman and a gang of Chinese--I think that's how the last season turned out anyway.
Be nice if the Muslims were the villains all the way through.
I think that's one of the main reasons I liked episode #1. I'll keep watching. We'll see where the series goes...
Generally speaking, I think most of the actors in the original "24" were better.