Jinyeon Won A37552335 Muslim Assignment Before I begin to talk about the characters of the Little Mosque on the

Prairie, I want to be clear about who can be regarded to belong to the Christian community. After watching the episode I got the notion that most people who do not belong to the mosque are generally regarded as Christian public. The security guards at the airport, the people at the Mayors office, and the reporter who published a biased story about Amaar all may be assumed to be Christians since they are not Muslims. This setting of course does not properly represent the reality of the demographics but the view of the public shown in the show generally expresses well what a commoner in North America can think of the Muslims. Despite being a successful lawyer in a big city of Toronto, Amaar is surprisingly ignorant of how people in general think of Muslims these days. He is astounded and dumbfound that the security guards at the Pearson Airport regards him to be a potential threat just because he threw away his successful big city career to become a priest, or Imam in Muslim, in a small town on the prairie. He is surely a devout Muslim who could devote his life for the calling of his God but he has a long way to go, to persuade both Christians and even fellow Muslims. Even his parents do not seem to understand his radical decision according to the phone conversation at the airport. He quickly becomes doubtful of himself after arriving at the mosque following all the prejudices and absurd assertions from the towns people. However his faith is not so weak to give up so easily and there is some help on the way too: Yasir and Rayaan believe in him in contrast to all others and this surely helps him

confront all the hardships he newly has to deal with. He understands that Muslims cannot live by themselves when the obvious majority lies in Christian population. He tackles obstacles one by one, from the curious radio anchors to the local priest who is cautious about Muslim movement on the prairie. The reporter who published a story about Amaar on the newspaper can be depicted as a typical Christian of North America. One is not too devout that he decides all his acts by Gods will but when asked he will definitely identifies himself as Christian than anything else. When he gets a chance to talk to Amaar in front of the mosque he is not interested in getting to know him as a Muslim imam: all he cares about is a potential terrorist who behaves so obviously by giving up a big shot career in Toronto to come to the small town on the prairie to pursue a mysterious yet dangerous mission. He cannot think of Muslims without linking them to Al Qaeda because he is not interested in getting to know what truly lies in the minds of minority. His sole mission is to deliver whatever that may sound interesting to the Christian audience, which he believes is likeminded. The show shouts to the audience, probably people like the reporter, that not all Muslims are terrorists and religion should be regarded separately from the terrorist actions that are apparently more strongly linked to the concept of Muslim than anything else. (Word count: 553)