Canadian writer and producer Ken Finkleman ( best known for his CBC series '' The Newsroom '' ) criticized the show 's sunny outlook . " There ’s deep confusion and racism about the place of Islam in the Western world and it ’s the thing that ’s broiling up under everything in the world , and the show presents this world where everything is happy . " The '' Los Angeles Times '' wrote : " ' Mosque ' was conceived in the wake of the 2005 Danish Muhammad cartoon crisis by producer Mary Darling , her husband , Clark Donnelly , and writer Zarqa Nawaz when they met at the Banff Television Festival . The basic premise was : What would it look like if a Muslim born and raised in Canada became an imam ? " In regards to the program 's initially not being shown in the United States , the '' Los Angeles Times '' said : " The genius of ' Mosque ' is that the characters resonate with viewers all over the world . The show is broadcast in 83 countries , including the United Arab Emirates and Turkey ; the format was sold to 20th Century Fox in 2008 for a U.S. remake but nothing came of it . Nawaz 's explanation : ' We did n't have 9/11 , and we have a public broadcaster . 9/11 affected the American psyche in a major way , and you have to be sensitive to that . ' " On May 8 , 2007 , WestWind Pictures announced that the show would be airing in France , Switzerland , and francophone African countries beginning in July . The French television company Canal Group will distribute the show 's first season in July to non-subscribers of Canal , a channel to which viewers must subscribe in order to watch . French voice-actors will dub the show
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