Does ‘’Citizen Khan’’ at BBC Make Fun of Muslims?

The British Broadcasting Corporation ‘’BBC’’ received many complaints against it because of displaying a series that makes fun of a Pakistani Muslim family and among those complaints was a complaint about criticizing the Muslim community in Britain.

‘’Agence France Presse’’ news agency said that the series “Citizen Khan” shows a Muslim family from a Pakistani origin in the context of comedy, created and directed by a Pakistani origin British Muslim called “Adil Ray” and who also performs the role of the father of the Muslim family in the series.

‘’Citizen Khan’’ series which consists of seven episodes of the family consisting of a Muslim father, a Muslim mother, two Muslim daughters and a son, of a funny Pakistani origin, raised around two hundred complaints from different Muslim families.

According to the Guardian British news, Viewers complained that the show was offensive and there have been comparisons with the controversial 1970s comedy Mind Your Language.

The criticism of the series focused on a number of scenes in the first episode, including the eldest daughter who is seeking to hide from her father; because it was wearing a lot of makeup, and this is by wearing the Muslim women veil and holding the Koran to claim that they are reading it, in order for her father not to speak to her and not to discover that she was wearing a lot of powder and make up.

The BBC said in its statement about the series “Citizen Khan” that the series made a good impression at the start of broadcasting with more than 6.3 million viewers.

The BBC said that the new comedy shows always have different reactions from watchers and that the persons presented in the series are comedian characters and do not intended to represent any of the minorities.

‘’Citizen Khan has made a very positive start, launching successfully with 3.6 million viewers and a 21.5% share in a late night slot.’’, a BBC spokesman.

On the other side, some watchers defended the show having the opinion that people are reading too much into ‘’Citizen Khan’’ especially when speaking about the Muslim women veil scene.

Finally, the director of ‘’Citizen Khan’’ series said that he thought it was a good chance as Mr. Khan was a Pakistani Muslim, and the series sought for a smile from the watcher because of what the family was doing and that he believed in this form of art.

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