“Citizen Khan” is a lighthearted comedy that has enraged Muslims by humorously depicting situations that are all too true to life. According to the Daily Mail, “One scene that particularly provoked anger was where a heavily-made up girl, Mr Khan’s daughter, rushed to put on a hijab and pretended to be reading the Koran when her father entered.”
Yet Pamela Geller notes: “How many times have I read that honor killing victims would wear the hijab in front of their parents and families and take them off as soon as they were out of sight of their parents (Aqsa Parvez, Rifqa Bary et al)? It wasn’t funny for them, but it was true.”
Adil Ray’s error in creating this show was in being a bit too honest. Are we supposed to believe that this man, who is a Muslim himself, is “Islamophobic”? The bottom line here is that any depiction of Muslims that isn’t obsequiously positive and layered-over with nonsense about “Islamophobia” and the Religion of Peace is immediately targeted by Islamic supremacists and charged with being “hateful.” It’s an effective tactic in cowing dhimmi multiculturalists into fawning accommodation, which is why they keep using it.
“Citizen Khan may face Ofcom investigation,” by Mark Sweney in the Guardian, August 30 (thanks to all who sent this in):
Ofcom is considering launching an investigation into BBC1’s Citizen Khan, a comedy about a modern Asian family, after receiving complaints that it stereotypes Muslims and insults Islam.
The TV regulator has received about 20 complaints about the sitcom, which debuted on BBC1 in Monday night, and is now assessing them.
Ofcom will then make a decision as to whether the complaints warrant a formal investigation to see whether the BBC has broken any UK broadcasting rules relating to viewer harm and offence.
The BBC had received 187 complaints by Tuesday about the show, which follows the life of a self-appointed “Muslim community leader” and his British-Pakistani family in Birmingham, following its broadcast.
The number of complaints has almost certainly increased since then, propelled by media coverage of the show, prompting the BBC to decide not to release any updated figures.
Viewers complained that the show was offensive and there have been comparisons with the controversial 1970s comedy Mind Your Language.
The show was groundbreaking for the BBC, the first Asian sitcom commissioned specifically for BBC1, created by and starring British Muslim Adil Ray….