Zarqa Nawaz (Creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie) - Part 2

Muslim Public Affairs Council Banquet in Houston, TX honoring Zarqa Nawaz, creator of the Little Mosque on the Prairie. She talks about the challenges of heading a Muslim-themed TV on Canadian TV. In addition to:

*How the show saved CBC and its impact around the world
*Insightful look into North American Muslims
*Being a filmmaker and insight into the TV sitcom world
*Criticism from Conservative Muslim population
*Marketing challenges of TV show
*Universality of the show
*Excuse my cell phone ringing
*Possibility of an American adaption of show
*Inspiration and genesis behind the show

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• little mosque on the prairie
• zarqa nawaz
• canadian
• filmmaker
• muslim
• islam
• Pakistani
• cbc

[tabby04]

@ibniftikhar - The show provides a new and a better image about the muslims.

[tabby04]

@ibniftikhar I have watched every single episode and I don't believe she has mocked the religion in any way or portrayed it in any wrong sense. She has brought up many of the controversies that people in muslim communities all over the world argue about and emphasized that most of these arguments can be easily dealt with.

[Asenueh]

@ibniftikhar I have watched every episode of LMOTP posted on YouTube and I didn't see any aspect of Islam being mocked; neither doctrine, nor deity. Sitcoms mock human foibles. The characters are human beings who have human character flaws that manifest themselves in humorous situations. Don't they have sitcoms in Muslim countries?

The show benefits Muslims by making their humanity more accessible to the West, rather than being thought of as the inscrutable "other."

[ElderOfTzion]

The very word "mocking" implies an intent to denigrate. Get a dictionary.

[ibniftikhar]

Zarqa, also know that mocking at ANY aspect fo the religion is tantamount to kufr - this is regardless if you did that intentionally or unintentionally - as mocking doesn't need to be qualified accoridng to intentions, just like desecrating does not need to be qualified by intentions - the very act is sufficient proof against the person.

[ibniftikhar]

Neither her nor her show is representative of Islam. She keeps that people argue that it not representative of their version of Islam. Then one can very well counter her and say that she is imposing her own version of Islam. At any rate, I do think that she is trying to water down Islam when there is no need for such a thing - any individual who is afflicted with an inferiority complex does such a thing. You have present Islam as it is (according to it sources) if one wants to be fair to people.