Purchase the first four seasons on Amazon Prime video. But if “Little Mosque” offers a portrait of a gentler time, it can be sublime in its loving depiction of daily life in and around a mosque. While it explored the encroachment of Western culture on the mostly immigrant Muslims of (fictional) Mercy, Saskatchewan, it only rarely shows Muslims claiming their place in the culture. “Little Mosque on the Prairie” (2007-2012)Įven the Canadian series’ creator, Zarqa Nawaz, admits this gentle sitcom, the story of a mosque operating in borrowed space in a Christian church, would necessarily have more edge today. Here are a few shows, from glossy network productions to web series, that Muslims - and those interested in the Muslim experience - can stream without eye rolls. ![]() ![]() RELATED: Three Muslim actors make Golden Globe history There are still too many stereotypes answering TV writers’ need for a villainous terrorist bomber, but in the great cultural mirror that is TV, it can be said that a start has been made. ![]() (RNS) - This year’s Golden Globe nominations, in which for the first time three Muslim actors got nods, were a reminder that in the last few years, the television industry has allowed Muslims to go beyond “representing” on the small screen to actually portraying characters who are human beings.
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