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  • Pickets swarm Lowe's for pulling ads from Muslim show

    12/17/2011 5:58:25 PM PST · by mandaladon · 93 replies
    MSNBC ^ | 17 Dec 2011 | JEFF KAROUB
    ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Protesters descended on a Lowe's store in one of the country's largest Arab-American communities on Saturday, calling for a boycott after the home improvement chain pulled its ads from a reality television show about five Muslim families living in Michigan. About 100 people gathered outside the store in Allen Park, a Detroit suburb adjacent to the city where "All-American Muslim" is filmed. Lowe's said this week that the TLC show had become a "lightning rod" for complaints, following an email campaign by a conservative Christian group. Protesters including Christian clergy and lawmakers called for unity and...