Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah poked fun at the book, writing on October 14, 2009, in "The Huffington Post" that "a 'Muslim Mafia' does sound cool on some level. Americans love mafia shows, so this 'Muslim Mafia' could inspire the first show on US TV to star Muslims. Or maybe I like the term 'Muslim Mafia' so much because my father is Muslim and my mom is Sicilian. With this pedigree, I'm a for a top position in the 'Muslim Mafia.'" A highly critical opinion piece in Dubai's "Khaleej Times" opined that the book's "attack" on Muslim Congressional interns and CAIR was "probably more politically significant" than the Fort Hood shooting." Bahrain's "Gulf Daily News" called the book "extremely biased". The "TPMMuckraker" also reported on the book and its reception, quoting Suhail Khan, the Fellow for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Institute for Global Engagement, as saying: "Some perfectly well-meaning members—Myrick, Shadegg, Broun, and Franks, who I've met and are good people—have been really duped by this Gaubatz character."