Little Mosque on the Prairie

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by Will.Spencer, Oct 3, 2006.

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    This could provide a better role model for Muslim youth than the current "most famous Muslim" -- Osama bin Laden.

    Show to mine laughs from Muslims on the Prairies

    Zarqa Nawaz is a Regina Muslim renowned for saying that she "wants to put the 'fun' back into fundamentalism."

    She'll bring her unique brand of humour to the pilot of a new show that will feature a fictional Muslim family living in a small town in Saskatchewan.

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    Nawaz, a former CBC radio and television producer, began making films in 1995. Her BBQ Muslims, a five-minute comedy about two brothers who are suspected of being terrorists after their barbecue blows up, was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1996.

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    Will.Spencer, Oct 3, 2006 IP
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    Fastrack to a fatwa if you ask me, good luck to her though ;)
     
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    Now there's an angle I hadn't considered. She might end up as the Canadian version of Salman Rushdie. "Jihad!, eh?"
     
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    What, and get a hot wife? For a guy who's spent the last few years in hiding, he certainly has an eye for a pretty lady :D
     
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