Patricia Bailey of Playback reports on the CBC show’s arrival on Radio-Canada:

• Will Mosque’s message click in Quebec?
  “Following its sales to France, Israel and Turkey, Little Mosque on the Prairie will air in Quebec next spring on Radio-Canada. The pubcaster’s decision is timely, as the province is in the midst of a very public, and at times divisive, debate about the integration of religious minorities and immigrants.” Read more.

Carlo Rota is Yasir, a contractor in the small town of Mercy. Photo: Sophie Giraud

Mrinalinin Reddy of the New York Times compares Aliens in America and Little Mosque on the Prairie with less favourable TV depictions of Muslims:

• Muslims on TV, No Terror in Sight
  “’It’s not making fun, but using humor to talk about some of the things that are important,’ said Amir Hussain, a professor of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.” Read more.

Creator and producer Zarqa Nawaz. Photo: Sophie Giraud

From the Canadian Press:

• Tucker makes appearance on ‘Little Mosque’
  “Darcy Tucker is used to stirring things up on the ice for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but he plays a different role Wednesday night.” Read more.

Ron Maclean, host of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, and Maple Leaf Darcy Tucker guest-star as themselves in an episode of CBC Television’s LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE. It telecasts on on Wednesday, November 7 at 8 p.m. Photo: Sophie Giraud