I’ve gotta see this.
Sounds right up my alley.
This is the story of the Muslim population in the fictional town of Mercy, Saskatchewan.
The show derives much of its humour from the interactions of the Muslims with the non-Muslim townspeople of Mercy and by the contrast of conservative Islamic views (held primarily by the characters of Baber and Fatima) with more liberal interpretations (as represented by Amaar and Rayyan).
The show premiered on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 …
Unusually for a Canadian television series, Little Mosque received extensive advance publicity in international media, with profiles appearing in The New York Times, the Washington Times and the Houston Chronicle, as well as on CNN, NPR and the BBC.
The series premiere drew an audience of 2.1 million — an exceptionally strong rating for domestic programming in the Canadian television market, and on par with Canadian ratings for popular American series. By comparison, Corner Gas, one of the highest-rated Canadian TV shows, attracts just under a million and a half viewers for a typical episode.
Little Mosque on the Prairie – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Of couse, like most Canadian shows, this is not available in the USA. I have sent messages to the Ambasssador in Washington and to the CBC asking why all US networks are available in Canada, but no Canadian network is available in the US. Neither responded.