Little Mosque on the Prairie

Some readers might not be familiar with the Canadian television series Little Mosque on the Prairie. It takes place in a small Canadian town and examines the life of a growing Muslim community there. The Anglican Journal presents an article by Sitara Hewitt who plays Rayyan in the series about her background and what's it like to play a young Muslim on television (Hewitt is Anglican).

When I say, “overwhelmed,” I mean it in a positive way. It’s been exciting to experience how Rayyan and, more surprisingly, I – Sitara Hewitt – have become a role model of sorts to young Muslim women around the world.

The show is one of the most positive and complex portrayals of Muslims in North America. Of course the premise is playing off the old Little House series, which in its book form was explicitly Christian.