Little Mosque on the Prairie

acrobi123 · January 10, 2007, 3:31pm

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there is a re-run tonight @ 8, those who have missed it can watch it.

Asif2000 · January 10, 2007, 5:52pm

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you all sure I can't watch it in the U.S on Dish Network?

Cheegum · January 10, 2007, 5:57pm

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This is the funniest review ive heard so far. Had me in fits :hehe: No surprise its from an israeli news sources. Forget all the lies he’s written about Islam, he doesnt even have the plot of the story correct!

http://web.israelinsider.com/Views/10310.htm

Canada’s nationally owned television broadcaster, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), is airing a new sitcom about a devout Moslem family from the big city of Toronto, who moved to a small farming town in very rural Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is one of Canada’s three Prairie Provinces. And is rich in potash, wheat, cattle, natural gas and oil.

The son of the fictional family is a lawyer who decided that his calling is best served as an Imam (religious leader) for the small and diverse Moslem population in this one-horse town.

In the family are the usual zany types we would expect to see in any sitcom, including a wife and young women who are full of antics.

The problem with this whole concept is that there is nothing funny about Islam.

There’s nothing funny about women (young and old) who are either physically coerced into covering their heads and/or bodies, or psychologically coerced to cover themselves up through their misplaced fear of God and male retribution for disobedience.

There’s nothing humorous about women who are denied freedom of choice in terms of choosing a mate, going out on an unchaperoned date, and having premarital sex.

Or in some Moslem societies such as Saudi Arabia, forbidden to drive a car. Or in others, forbidden to receive an education comparable to that of a male.

There’s nothing funny about a religion that demands loyalty to itself above and beyond loyalty to one’s country. Just as there’s no humor in a religion that places it’s own religious laws of behavior above Secular laws.

This absolutely stupid endeavor by the CBC will not remotely portray the truth of Islam, but will rather give Islam a soft and fuzzy face we can become comfortable with.

I can’t even imagine what went through the minds of the Schmucks over at the CBC for coming up with this pro Islam propaganda drivel.

But, to give you some idea of the CBC mindset: In virtually all conflicts between the Israelis and any of Israel’s belligerent Arab neighbors, the CBC can always be counted upon to screw-over Israel in any way possible.

And for you Americans who are reading this editorial, you should know that there is no other media in Canada that is more ANTI-AMERICAN than is the CBC. You’d have to go to France to find equivalent US-haters.

The CBC culture is so far to the Left of the political spectrum, that Lenin and Marx would be proud. And if it weren’t for tax dollars, the CBC would cease to exist the moment the public tap would be closed.

This pathetic Canadian public television network that thrives off the welfare of a nation, which produces “The Little Mosque On The Prairie” deserve each other, as much as we deserve neither of them.

I would like to believe that Canadians deserve much better than the CBC.

After looking at the CBC’s beyond dismal ratings, one has to wonder why our government gives them more than a billion dollars a year, for them to produce trash like “The Little Mosque On The Prairie”.

I guess that explains why Canadians prefer to watch US television over the crap that is produced in Canada with tax payers’ dollars.

mAd_ScIeNtIsT · January 10, 2007, 6:36pm

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I didn't like it... I thought it was rather lame. The jokes were wooden, the acting only marginally less so.

I'll watch it again next week mainly in the hope that it gets better, since the show certainly has potential.

cat-woman · January 10, 2007, 7:11pm

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^^ Agree, apart from a couple of good jokes - the imam at the airport, twas laaameee!!!!

Jal_Pari · January 10, 2007, 7:42pm

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I liked the part where Imam arrives and the journalist was asking such stupid questions....over all good effort

cat-woman · January 10, 2007, 8:16pm

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The Imam is cute

Peoples_Champ · January 10, 2007, 8:52pm

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Just so you guys know the new episodes will now air on CBC on Monday's at 9:00pm, with repeats on Wednesdays at 8:00pm.

Episode 2 is called The Barrier - A battle of the sexes erupts when Baber decides to put up a barrier between the men and the women in the new mosque.

Anyways I am from a little town in the praries, and I guess seeing this kind of stuff actually on tv is actually humourous because it happened(happens) with us.

714 · January 10, 2007, 9:00pm

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i enjoyed it

and i’m with catty

thank God our imam doesn’t look like that!

mAd_ScIeNtIsT · January 10, 2007, 10:37pm

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^^

Because if he did then you'd never leave the masjid?

unbelievablerebel · January 11, 2007, 3:07am

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lol..the person who wrote it is a muslim lady?

714 · January 11, 2007, 4:59am

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maddy b/c then i wouldn’t concentrate on my namaz

amelie · January 11, 2007, 5:27am

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I actually saw the producer/writer Zarqa Nawaz speak at a small group in CAlifornia. She's great and i find muslims dowing work like this, pushing our image out there in the public sphere so important because if you look at blacks and jews this is how you "normalize" the different and help make Muslims not seem so scary.

Confucius · January 11, 2007, 11:48pm

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Amar/Imam " You know when I was a kid.. my parents never fasted... they're HUGGGEEE"

I haven't laughed so much for months.. thank you soo so so so much.. Would you upload these per week... pretty please

HawaiFire · January 11, 2007, 11:57pm

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i know the lady she is my aunts friend..

Confucius · January 11, 2007, 11:58pm

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funny thing is almost all the actors are non muslim.. I think that is positive..

unbelievablerebel · January 12, 2007, 12:10am

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VOTE
do you like it??
a)yes
b)no
c)sortof

mercenary2k · January 12, 2007, 8:20am

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The only problem with this show is how long can this Fish out of Water concept continue?

I mean it will explore all there is to explore in the first 10 episodes but what happens after that?

This isnt a serialized show like Law and Order where each time a new episode begins.

It needs a Lost or 24 type arc.

But other than that, I am proud a Pakistani woman was the brains behind this show.

Confucius · January 12, 2007, 11:35am

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I think it will be similar to cosbys, desmonds, there are so many things that could come out but i do believe they have used up a lot of the subjects in one go..
muslim whilsts flying.. could have been a whole episode on its own..
the gori wife and muslim husband can be a an episode in itself..

Peoples_Champ · January 15, 2007, 4:52am

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Its so true.

Too many things were happening at once. Its like she thought the show was going to be a failure so she jammed everything in one episode.

Too many characters, too many stories. Nothing was flowing correctly. Thats CBC for ya!