They rattle religious text left and right, while practicing the exact opposite. I guess in a sense it shows that those behind terrorist plots cloak themselves under a religious facade, in order to hide their hypocritical characterless souls.

It may be that they are hypocrites, or that they are willing to sin in order to blend in and accomplish their bloody goals. At any rate, I absolutely do not think that this depiction in any way suggests that all Muslims are hypocrites, or that terrorism is at all justified by the Qur’an.

The only character I’m satisfied with is Zaid Abdul Malik (the Yameni cleric).

Agreed. Darwyn is a character who is really trying to do the right thing by his country and by his faith, but finds himself having to compromise one for the other. Plus, having a slightly flawed protagonist makes him more believable. Zaid Abdul Malik was absolutely portrayed as the model. It sounds like your biggest beef was with the terrorists, who defame Islam with their selective reading of the Qur’an, and the hypocrisy in their actions. I don’t think people are going to see that as a blight on Islam, but as a condemnation of the emotionally driven illogic of the terrorists.

I was very much inspired by the character of Zaid Abdul Malik. In fact, I found myself wishing that I had a copy of the Qur’an, after hearing him quote from it.

The entire point of the show is that terrorism isn’t a black and white issue, that Islam, its followers and people of Arab descent are not the enemy.

Conversely, several of them took down or covered over paintings in their apartments because they showed women’s faces, arms etc., so I suppose they covered both ends of that particular spectrum.

My greatest concern is that my fellow Americans will interpret their immoral behavior (especially with regards to sex) as acceptable Islamic practices. The only character I’m satisfied with is Zaid Abdul Malik (the Yameni cleric).

Muslims struggle everyday to explain ourselves and our Islam to non-Muslims in hopes of placing a human face upon a villainized people who strive to fulgurate the slightest bit of light. We’ve all stopped ourselves from doing or saying something just because we didn’t want Islam to be defamed. Then shows like this poison the brains of Americans and effortlessly invalidate our endeavors.