The problem with Little Mosque is that none of the characters can say no. Right now Yassir's mother wants him to take a second wife, and Yassir doesn't just go and say "No, absolutely not." So then she goes to the imam, and the imam doesn't say outright "No, we don't do that here."
I can accept this sort of thing for sitcom plot purposes once in a while, but it happens every week!
The convert starts being a self-righteous dick, the imam never says "Um, dude, that's not what we're all about there."
Yassir's client and the mosque both need wiring done, there aren't enough electricians to do both, and Yassir doesn't say to anyone "No, I'm sorry, there aren't enough electricians." Instead he blows up the mosque.
The finance-focused archdeacon comes for a visit, and the (priest? minister? what do Anglicans call them?) stages a massive charade instead of saying "Yeah, the presence of the mosque helps us fund the church."
Call me when they start acting like grownups.
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Some people would say that's a very Canadian trait. I'm not sure I would agree, but maybe the writers are playing on that.
Or maybe they're just not very good.
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