New BBC comedy has been deemed offensive to Muslim people
 

The show, which aired on Monday night, has been accused of 'taking the mickey out of Islam' and was also criticised for portraying a heavily made-up girl wearing a hijab. Link

Personaly I found it quite funny :D they should get a sense of humour.

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Bit rich to entitle the thread "has been deemed", when so far there are just a few complaints, and nothing has been decided.

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Just reporting the facts. 200 is not a few the BBC have acted on under a 100 complaints.

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the biggest mistake the BBC can make is to stop production of this program.

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Mrs Browns Boys could be seen as offensive and stereotypical to Irish people, The Bill could be seen as offensive and stereotypical to PC's/WPC's, etc, the South Park episode about ginger people having no soul is a direct insult on those with ginger hair and again another stereotype/"joke".

It's all in jest!!

The sooner this country moves on from complaining about such things the better. Yes, it may be offensive to some people, but you can probably say in most cases, the person complaining has been guilty of doing the same thing without realising. It being on mainstream television highlights it more

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According to some people everything they see and hear is offensive.
Take a chill pill. There are far bigger things in the world to worry about.

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"they"????

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The people who took the time to complain = they

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Yes, in terms of viewers, 200 certainly is a very low number.

The irony is that it was actually written by a Muslim.

A >20% share in such a late slot is a brilliant figure for any show.

ETA:

Here's a more balanced article from the BBC's website. And by that I mean it doesn't just focus on the complaints.

eg

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They should quit being offended. they watch all the other comedy programs about other races and religions and find them funny.

sit down and watch this one. and oh no, no, no. not having that.

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He just likes to make sure 'they'????!!!! doesn't mean all of them.
he only checks when it's Muslims :)

I missed the show. from the adverts for it before it aired, it looked quite funny.

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No, I check when any apparently all-inclusive pronouns or descriptors are used......

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You can't be a proper Muslim.
Because I'm white?
Because you're ginger!

:D

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Have you tried using common sense for a change? ;)

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I think you'll find that is a factual statement.

Ginners don't have a soul, and their freckles show that they are in league with satan.

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I don't think that the BBC would put a comedy on the box unless they had checked with the British Muslim Council. I love the fact they have the Mosque Manager as an English person played by Kris Marshall.

On the Yahoo Site one person wrote: Another person replied: Yousuf Bhailok Former Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain is Quoted as saying The show is funny so I will be watching it again.

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I wonder how many of the people who complained are actually Muslim and are actually worried about being stereotyped

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When I was watching it on Tuesday I was thinking 'Same idea as Mrs Browns Boys'.

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I'll be honest, I have not watched the show (I was busy when it was on), but the trailer made it look a little cliched.

Was it too offensive? I don't know. However, I do know that often to be funny, Comedy needs to overexaggerate things a little. Very few Irish people are like those featured in Father Ted or Mrs Brown's Boys. I suspect very few Torquay Hoteliers are quite like Basil Fawlty. Most Londoners aren't like Delboy, and I don't think anyone is quite as bad as Alf Garnett. The one thing all these characters have in common is that certain traits are exaggerated. With Alf, it's his racism. With the Characters of Father Ted, it's the traits that make them look like Stereotypes.

The point is that none of those characters would be funny without the exaggeration. If you want comedy with minimal exaggeration, look at Terry and June. It probably had one or two laughs, but wasn't (IMO) that funny.

The trouble is, that exaggeration can move the comedy into the offensive territory. A good writer will know just how far to push things.

However, that needs to be balanced against the seemingly increasing number of people who are offended apparently for the sake of being offended.

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:clap: :clap:

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Oh, the irony....

You wouldn't recognize commom sense if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing 'Common sense is here again!'"...:D

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You spelt recognise wrong.

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Now I'm certainly no fan of the Daily Mail for their constant "anti-BBC" non-stories, but here's an article by Saira Khan on the show and she seemed to like it.

Yes thats the P.C. dumbing down of the world showing!

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Do they buy bog roll in bulk?

The main focus seems to be on the daughter, the nijab and the koran. and how it is seen as being disrespectful in the way she wants to be who she wants to be but feels forced to wear the uniform and study the book.

is the argument that all Muslim children should wear the uniform and study the book, and not infact feel forced to do so?

if it is, then is the real problem that the truth is being shown and they don't like it?

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Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray hits back as complaints rise to 700


LINK

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Gary & Carl, I have removed your nonsense.

If you cannot get on with each other, then ignore each other.

If you derail a thread with your petty arguments again I will infract both of you.

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sums it up really. from publisher to writter. lighten up!

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I wonder if there will be anything in tomorrows edition that will cause more or the same people to complain.

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I expect from watching it.
it will be pointing the wrong way when praying.

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or rather lack of translation/auto subtitles.

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According to the Chn 4 prog (THEY) have been facing the wrong way all the time.:rolleyes: so she may have been pointing the right way. It was funny again.

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A revolutionary new concept has been introduced for all the complainers.


Its called the off button .....




(Apparently, something called change channel is also in the pipeline).

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"Coming soon to VM" :D

(Sorry. Couldn't resist :p:)

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I can understand what they're saying without translation or subtitles.
apart from when the old woman was talking.

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They should put compasses on the mats.

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thats what i was referring to

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Just started watching this & we're finding it extremely funny aside from el-presidente Khan hacking.

Can't believe how many people have opted for a humour bypass an don't see the funny side of this prog.

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I find it quite Insulting regarding Muslim people and the Holocaust denial, the BBC programme is comedy which shows the funny side of life. :D