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| User: | mosqueonprairie (12132365) Little Mosque on the Prairie
Small town Canada with a little Muslim twist |
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| Website: | http://www.littlemosque.ca | ||||
| Location: | Canada | ||||
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| About: |  Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC Television created by Zarqa Nawaz. The series focuses on the Muslim population of the fictional rural prairie town of Mercy, Saskatchewan. The title alludes to the classic American book and drama series, Little House on the Prairie. The two series are not related, aside from the use of a modified version of the title logo. Although the show focuses on a Muslim community in Canada, the only Muslim actor in the cast is Zaib Shaikh, who plays the imam Amaar. 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 of Islam (as represented by Amaar and Rayyan). The show premiered on Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 8:30 p.m. It airs Wednesdays at 8:00 and repeats the following Monday at 9:00 (all times half an hour later in Newfoundland). The Monday, January 15 broadcast was a repeat of the pilot. Unusually for a Canadian television series, Little Mosque received extensive advance publicity in international media, with stories 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. The second episode, airing against the second night of the much-anticipated season premiere of American Idol in most markets, had 1.2 million viewers, a sharp drop but still a high rating for a Canadian sitcom, and very high for the CBC, which has had trouble garnering large audiences for its scripted programming. At the end of the show's season on 7 March 2007, the show attracted 1.1 million viewers, or an average of 1.2 million for the season. CBC Television has renewed the show for a second season consisting of 20 episodes. These will begin airing on October 3, 2007. On May 8, 2007, it was announced that the show would be airing in France, Switzerland, and Francophone (French-speaking) African countries beginning in July. The French television company Canal+ Group will distribute the show's first season in July to non-subscribers of Canal+, a channel to which viewers must subscribe in order to watch. French voice-actors will dub the show. On September 26, 2007, CBC announced that the show would soon air in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Dubai, Finland and Turkey. On October 2, 2007, Al Jazeera English confirmed that both the United Arab Emirates and Finland had signed deals to begin airing the series in 2008.  The Characters Amaar Rashid - (Zaib Shaikh) A Toronto lawyer who answers an ad to become the imam at Mercy's mosque. He tends to support liberal movements in Islam. Amaar tends to be sarcastic, which he blames on his work as a lawyer. Yasir Hamoudi - (Carlo Rota) A contractor who runs his business out of an office at the mosque, he is a practical man who seeks compromise. He puts in an effort to observe his religion (mostly when pressured by his wife or daughter), but he tends to slip up. It is implied that the only reason he helps out with the mosque is because he does not want to lose his free office space. Sarah Hamoudi - (Sheila McCarthy) A former Anglican who works for the mayor's office, Sarah converted to Islam because of Yasir. Like her husband, she struggles with Muslim customs and regulations, and is often shown up by their more pious daughter Rayyan. Rayyan Hamoudi - (Sitara Hewitt) Yasir and Sarah's 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. Baber Siddiqui - (Manoj Sood) A divorced college Economics professor and the most conservative member of the Muslim community in Mercy. His conservatism often conflicts with the wishes of his teenage daughter, Layla, to the point where most of his acquaintances consider him obnoxious. He calls most non-Muslims "imbeciles" and "infidels", and acted as the Imam prior to Amaar's arrival in the pilot episode. Fatima Dinssa - (Arlene Duncan) A conservative Nigerian immigrant and the widowed owner of a diner, she often conflicts with Fred Tupper, and she hates the Mercy Diner, her competition. She has a son, Jamal, who appeared in one of the first-season episodes. She is also very sarcastic and enjoys engaging in verbal sparring matches. Rev. Duncan Magee - (Derek McGrath) The minister of the Anglican Church which also houses the mosque, he is helpful to Amaar when he first arrives. He is liberal, once offering to perform a gay marriage at the church. He often laments the sad state of his church and congregation. Mayor Ann Popowicz - (Debra McGrath) The mayor of Mercy, who supports the Muslim community in return for their vote. 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.  The Community This is a community about the characters, plot, actors and any other stuff relating to the show. Every week the show is posted from youtube. Please keep the posts on topic to the show. Icons are totally okay to post. Please keep the conversations civil, don't be assholes. Please keep any icon/screencaps/episode posts friends-only. If you have any spoilers they must be labeled as such in the subject line and be behind a LJ cut. Any questions can be directed to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} whimsikalsavage. Thank you and enjoy and have fun. The Mod My name is Brittany and I'm twenty-two years old. Currently, I live in Greensboro, North Carolina, but I'm a straight up New Yorker. I'm from Long Island, New York. I am a revert to Islam. And I love Little Mosque on the Prairie and Austrailia's Salam Cafe. | ||||
| Interests: | 30: amaar rashid, arlene duncan, baber siddiqui, canada, carlo rota, cbc, christians, fatima dinssa, fred tupper, friendship, hijab, imam, islam, islamic feminism, kufi, love, manoj sood, masjid, mosque, muslim, muslimahs, neil crone, rayyan hamoudi, sarah hamoudi, satire, shiela mccarthy, sitara hewitt, understanding, yassir hamoudi, zaib shaikh | ||||
| Maintainers: | 1: whimsikalsavage | ||||
| Members: | 17: arabesquee, dancingleaf, desert_veil, floating_petals, kuwdora, lilituc, margots_coat, mcteethinator, misheymo, paths21, preppyglamourx3, sephirothgal, shemightbe_asia, tehjai, tsiankiio, whimsikalsavage | ||||
| Watched by: | 19: arabesquee, dancingleaf, desert_veil, floating_petals, kuwdora, lilituc, margots_coat, mcteethinator, misheymo, momothepirate, mos_self, node, paths21, randominity, sephirothgal, shemightbe_asia, tehjai, tsiankiio, whimsikalsavage | ||||
| Account type: | Basic Account | ||||
