I thought this was a joke when I heard of this Canadian sitcom. It is supposed to be satyr, but there seems to be an underlying message that potrays modern Islam as if they were the Huckstables on the Bill Cosby show.
The local talk show host of course is a bigot, but the Imams friend offers to do a gay wedding for him.
Hello earth !
Here are some of the characters and a little synopsis.
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Listen to Katie Couric here, it is embarrassing.
Canada's "Little Mosque on the Prairie" - CBS News Video
The local talk show host of course is a bigot, but the Imams friend offers to do a gay wedding for him.
Hello earth !
Here are some of the characters and a little synopsis.
Amaar Rashid (Zaib Shaikh) A Toronto lawyer who answers an ad to become the imam at Mercy's mosque, much to the dismay of his family. He tends to support liberal movements within Islam, sometimes putting him in conflict with the more conservative Muslims in the community. Amaar tends to be sarcastic, which he blames on his work as a lawyer. His wealthy parents (Hrant Alianak and Veena Sood) are not religious at all, and continue to pressure Amaar to return to his much more lucrative law career. He tends to say "I am the imam!" to prove his point or to show that despite his age, he has authority. He usually uses this when other characters (particularly Rayyan and Baber) are fighting and won't listen to reason. Amaar is engaged to Rayyan.
Sarah Hamoudi (Sheila McCarthy) A former Anglican who works as a public relations agent in the mayor's office, Sarah converted to Islam to marry Yasir. Like her husband, she struggles with Muslim customs and regulations and is often shown up by their more pious daughter Rayyan. She wears the hijab when attending services at the mosque, but not day-to-day.
Rayyan Hamoudi (Sitara Hewitt) Yasir and Sarah's 25-year-old daughter, a doctor. She follows Islamic feminism, keeps the sartorial hijab, and takes her religion very seriously. Her Western medical treatments are met with disapproval by Fatima, who uses traditional Nigerian remedies. She is occasionally foiled by her own ambition; in one episode, she insists on being named as the mosque's representative to the local Interfaith Council as her price for letting go of an argument with Amaar, only to discover at her first meeting that the council is really little more than an interfaith bake sale committee. Rayyan has long had feelings for Amaar, but until relatively recently had to suppress them for a variety of reasons; they are currently engaged to be married.
Baber Siddiqui (Manoj Sood) A divorced college economics professor and the most conservative member of the Muslim community in Mercy, he acted as the imam prior to Amaar's arrival in the pilot episode; when Amaar briefly quits his job in Season 3, Baber again takes over as imam, and proves to be one of the reasons the community is so determined to get Amaar back. His conservatism often conflicts with the wishes of his teenage daughter Layla
Rev. Duncan Magee (Derek McGrath) The priest of the Anglican Church which also houses the mosque, he is a good friend of Amaar and the two religious leaders often turn to each other for advice. He is liberal, once offering to perform a gay marriage at the church, and is willing to stand up to the church hierarchy when he believes that it is acting inconsistently with the true message of Christianity. He often laments the sad state of his own church and congregation. He suddenly left the church after the events of season three, replaced by the ambitious younger and distinctly less accommodating Rev. Thorne, played by Brandon Firla, who feels it is his religious duty to compete with Amaar for the souls of the residents of Mercy.
Fred Tupper (Neil Crone) The local bigot and the host of a talk show on the local radio station, he often equates Muslims to terrorists who want to take over the country. However, at times he finds himself in the awkward position of siding with the Muslim community, as evidenced in the first season. A flashback episode revealed that his distrust of Muslims
Little Mosque on the Prairie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Listen to Katie Couric here, it is embarrassing.
Canada's "Little Mosque on the Prairie" - CBS News Video