Muslim leaders are urging movie executives Warner Brothers to retitle their new movie because the word is "offensive and exploitative."
Los Angeles members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) insist the derogatory term is offensive to American Muslims and Arab-Americans. They go so far as to state the term 'towelhead' as "a racial and religious slur".
Now the Islamic Civil Rights and Advocacy Group has asked that the film, directed by Alan Ball, be called "Nothing is Private" - a title previously used in some markets.
Ball say he has not intention of changing the title of the movie. He says it's important as it relates to the pain inflicted on the main character in the movie.
The film, starring Aaron Eckhart, Summer Bishil and Toni Collette, is adapted from Alicia Erian's novel about a young Arab-American girl's struggles with life and sexual obsession with her married neighbor.
