Buddy-Cop Film "American Sharia" Tackles Islamophobia With Humor

Seeing American Sharia on a movie theater marquee is going to inspire more than a few double takes. It may sound like a new Islamophobic documentary whipping up haters with hysteria over creeping Islamic law in these United States, but is far from it. Directed by African-American Muslim comedian Omar Regan, American Sharia is actually a buddy-cop film big on the belief that wisecracks and wisdom can calm misguided fears about Islam and one of its most misunderstood tenets. And its U.S. premiere—happening in Orange County at the Cinemark Century Stadium 25 in Orange on Jan. 20—is perfectly timed to laugh away Donald Trump-inauguration blues.

Read more on my latest OC Weekly Film Feature out on newsstands today:

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