Creator of CNN -inspired comic series hoped would become a symbol of tolerance . Naif Al-Mutawa says he expected outcry from American within Islam . `` But it has been a year and the actual push-back died down . '' When a TV series in the Middle East was financed , he sought to get it aired in Kuwaiti Conservative bloggers in the U.S. spooked TV deal , Naif Al-Mutawa says .
Creator of CNN -inspired comic series hoped would become a symbol of tolerance . Naif Al-Mutawa says he expected outcry from American within Islam . When a TV series in the Middle East was financed , he sought to get it aired in Kuwaiti Conservative bloggers in the U.S. spooked TV deal , Naif Al-Mutawa says .