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"Small town Canada with a little Muslim twist"

Little Mosque on the Prairie is a sitcom that premiered in January, 2007

About the Show:
Little Mosque On The Prairie is a sitcom that focuses on the comedic outlook of a small Muslim community interacting with the citizens of a little prairie town named Mercy.

The sitcom reveals that although we are different in ethnicity and in skin color, we are all surprisingly similar when it comes to family, love, the generation gaps, and our attempts to balance our secular and religious lives while trying to understand those of others in the community.

Main Cast and Characters:

Cast	Characters
Zaib Shaikh	Amaar Rashid
Carlo Rota	Yasir Hamoudi
Sheila McCarthy	Sarah Hamoudi
Sitara Hewitt	Rayyan Hamoudi
Manoj Sood	Baber Siddiqui
Arlene Duncan	Fatima Dinssa
Derek McGrath	Reverend Duncan Magee
Debra McGrath	Mayor Ann Popowicz
Neil Crone	Fred Tupper

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More information: CBC

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1. Love Thy Neighbour
The man taking over for Reverend Magee wants Amaar and the Muslims out of the church but soon learns that this is not a popular action with his congregation.

2. Big Boys Don't Cry
Amaar invites Reverend Thorne to co-host an upcoming party but Thorne's meddling threatens to turn the event into a disaster.

3. What's Yours Is Mine
Amaar thinks Reverend Thorne is stealing his sermons but his idea to prove this threatens to backfire on him.

4. Break And Enter
After Rayyan forbids surprise visits, Sarah sneaks into Rayyan's home to get her emergency key and finds herself trapped inside the house.

5. Death By Chocolate
Reverend Thorne installs a vending machine during a fundraiser fasting session that Amaar is leading over a thirty hour period. Amaar finds he may have to fight the temptation of easy food with faith.

6. The Bid
Yasir is determined to win the bid to renovate the church even if it results in bankrupting him in the process.

7. Handle With Care
Yasir accidentally breaks Thorne's statue of Jesus and when he tries to secretly replace it, Yasir receives an unexpected surprise.

8. Saving Sarah Hamoudi
Sarah agrees to help Reverend Thorne improve the church's profile in the area. In response, Amaar recruits Nate to help do the same for the mosque.

9. Gloves Will Keep Us Together
Thorne tricks Amaar into taking part in a charity boxing match and Amaar finds that if he tries to back out, he might lose face in the community.

10. Bye Bye Yasir
Amaar is dumbfounded when he learns Reverend Thorne is faking injuries sustained from the charity boxing match in an effort to make Amaar look bad and generate sympathy for Thorne.

11. The Great Indoors
Amaar and Reverend Thorne become lost during a camping trip in the woods. During their struggle to find the way home, the two discover they have more in common than either believed previously.

12. Pants On Fire
The Mayor fires Sarah for lying at an inopportune time. Sarah is determined to get her job back and hatches a scheme to do just that.

13. The Letter
Amaar accidentally opens a letter meant for Rev. Thorne and learns more about him than he really wanted to know.

14. Holly Go Quickly
Rayyan is thrilled when a friend from her days at college comes to visit. However, Rayyan's enthusiasm is dampened when she finds out the real reason her friend is in Mercy.

15. Radio Silence
Reverend Thorne encourages Baber to share his views on the local station and the people of Mercy are so upset by what they hear that Amaar must look for a way to get him off the radio quickly.

16. Keeping The Faith
Amaar sides with Rayyan in a disagreement with fundamentalists but this decision may be prove to be costly one for him.

17. Farewell To Amaars
Amaar decides to stay in Mercy after he is fired as Imam. Meanwhile, Baber takes over for Amaar as Imam and things go badly very quickly.

18. A Lease Too Far
With an archbishop coming for a visit and looking to meet the Muslims in Mercy, Thorne tries to hide the fact that he has evicted the mosque.

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1. A Christmas Story
Amaar recalls his first Christmas where a misunderstanding led to a dispute between Anglicans and Muslims with Amaar and Reverend Magee as the focal points.

2. The Proposal
Amaar searches for the best way to propose to Rayyan.

3. Bromancing The Iman
Amaar babysits with Rayyan, who tries to get Amaar to agree to include the prospect of children in their shared future.

4. Kept Imam
Struggling with the notion that he won't be contributing financially in his upcoming marriage with Rayyan, Ammar suprises Rayyan with a pre-nuptial agreement.

5. Loose Lips
Amaar gets into trouble with Rayyan when he relates personal things about her while chatting with Mercy residents.

6. Roomies
Amaar moves in with Rev. Thorne temporarily and Thorne looks to sabotage Amaar's efforts to find a permanent place so Amaar will stay his roommate.

7. Smooth Hate Criminal
Rayyan finds herself out of the loop after she convinces Amaar to befriend Rev. Thorne.

8. Brother, Can You Spare A Mosque?
Amaar and Rayyan's joint shopping trip for a bed takes an odd turn when Amaar discover that Rayyan snores in her sleep.

9. Every Thorne Has A Rose
Amaar and Rayyan learn that Rev. Thorne has fallen in love with the local librarian and Rayyan's interfering, against Amaar's advising her to stay away, may sabotage the budding romance.

10. Love At First Fight
Amaar finds himself in trouble with Rayyan after he supports a bylaw proposed by a conservative faction that would prohibit women from holding positions on the Mosque board.

11. An Arranged Marriage
Amaar and Rayyan get Sarah to arrange their upcoming marriage but things quickly spiral out of control.

12. Bachelor Party
Rev. Magee arranges for a bachelor party for Amaar that is in keeping with Islam traditions. However, Rev. Thorne looks to upstage things by planning a paint ball match.

13. If You Leave Me Now...
Amaar finds himself looking choose between staying as Imam in Mercy or taking on a dream job in Montreal.

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1. Home Again
Sarah and Rayyan help each other come to terms with Sarah's divorce from Yasir, who has decided to remain in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Amaar tries to sort of his imam related issues with Baber and Thorne once and for all.

2. What's in a Name
Amaar tries to solve Rayyan's problems at work with her new receptionist Poppy, but it causes Rayyan to become extremely stressed at home. Meanwhile, Ann takes Sarah out for a ladies night at a local bar while Baber and Thorne compete for Sarah's religious allegiance.

3. Short Fuse
Amaar tries to impress Rayyan with his non-existent handyman skills, which results in secretly recruiting Sarah for her do-it-yourself expertise to get the job done. When Rayyan become suspicious of Amaar's ability to suddenly fix things, she volunteers him to fix Fred's shower. Baber and Thorne challenge each other to a fasting competition that escalates to insane heights, even for them.

4. The Dating Game
Amaar gets close to winning a Multi-Faith Award and Baber and Thorne fight over the cash prize. Meanwhile, Ann sets Sarah up on the worst first-date of her life, which leads to the worst second-date of her life. And Nate and Fatima team up to make a multi-ethnic sandwich.

5. Brotherly Love
Thorne's brother Charles arrives in Mercy to audit Ann for Revenue Canada and reconcile with Thorne, who just wants him to go away. Amaar and Rayyan's first dinner party is interrupted when Amaar tries something fancy.

6. Destination Chicken
Amaar unexpectedly gets a sign from above after Baber tries to help Amaar find his new purpose. Meanwhile, Ann’s crush on Charles fuels old sibling rivalries when she encourages her new flame to help out with Rev. Thorne’s Destination Church Spectacular. Sarah is left to deal with the town audit single-handed.

7. Mosque of Dreams
Everyone finds out Amaar's inspiration for his new Mosque came from a chicken, which leads to a drop in public support, while Baber tries to prove to the town they don't need another mosque by getting himself arrest. Sarah has a crisis of faith and considers eating bacon, while Ann suffers a crisis of love while sexting the now absent Charles Thorne.

8. Finder Weepers
Feeling undervalued by Ann, Sarah agrees to work for Ann's college "frenemy" Glenda Beckford, the mayor of Darnelly, without knowing that Glenda has ulterior motives for hiring her. Meanwhile, Amaar is so busy planning the new mosque that he forgets Rayyan's birthday and Baber and Thorne compete for more customers as the mosque-church's last rummage sale.

9. Haunted Mosque on the Prairie
Amaar accidentally leads everyone to believe the new mosque is haunted by referring to a "dead body" found in the mosque (a hamster), so Sarah suggests that he and Rayyan spend a night there to prove it isn't haunted. Thorne helps Baber overcome his irrational fear of Jinn (Muslim ghosts), by watching the movie Ghostbusters. Nate goes to extreme lengths to ask Poppy out on a date.

10. The Worst of Times
Amaar reveals that he will be imam of the new mosque, so Baber forms a splinter mosque. Ann is upset about Charles's upcoming wedding, so Sarah helps her take suggestive photos of herself. Sarah attempts to rejoin the church choir and accidentally sets fire to the church. Everyone gathers and watches the church burn down.

11. Best of Times
The new mosque opens, with Amaar as imam.

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