To: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg, Writers/Creative Staff of "Arrow"

Use of "La ilaha illa lah" before suicide in DC's "Arrow" is insulting and offensive

Demonizing Islam through what writers may perceive as a "simple" phrase during an action sequence of suicide can't stand. It's offensive and insulting, and we demand a public apology/statement

Why is this important?

On Wednesday 2/5/14's airing of Arrow, a member of the League of Assassins utters the saying "La ilaha illa lah", Arabic for "there is no God but God", just before killing himself, so that the heroic lead character Oliver Queen and his love interest, Black Canary can get any information from him. This phrase represents one of the greatest oaths any Muslim, a believer of Islam, can make in being a Muslim, and is known as the declaration of faith. In a studio realm that seemingly has a lust for demonizing Islam, I ask that you sign this petition demanding that the creators of this DC Comics/CW Studios title issue a statement of apology for including this erroneous and insulting part of the Episode's script.