"I can't believe you're going to build a mosque." "I know." "It's surreal." "So, what's your first step going to be?" "You know, I got so caught up in the excitement," "I didn't actually think how we're going to do it." "OK, well, you're going to need a location and permit," " So why don't you talk to Ann?" " Oh, that's a good idea." "I will explain to her how the idea came about, hmm..." "Through an unlikely friendship with a chicken," "I was given a sign that told me I should build a mosque." "Maybe leave out the part about the chicken 'cause it's a little weird." "You know, I'm going to go see Ann now and see if she's got a few minutes to spare." "So you're probably wondering why I'm here." "I'm wondering what's taking you so long to get to the point of why you're here." " I want to build a mosque in Mercy." " Uh-huh." "Technically, I know we have a mosque in the church already, but you know that was supposed to be temporary anyway." " Yeah, uh-huh." " You seem a little..." " Distracted." " I'm sorry, Amaar," "I'm just trying to schedule an important meeting with Charles." " Oh!" "Well, I can come back..." " No, no, you're here" "Interrupting me now." "Let's just get this over with." " OK." "I was wondering if..." " You know the thing is..." "Charles and I are both so busy, we just can't line up our schedules." "I can't even get in touch with him." "I've emailed, texted, phoned!" "The only thing left is Facebook or kidnapping." "Oh, Facebook!" "Hello, Facebook Charles," "I'm poking you." "Yeah, you like that, don't you?" "Poke, poke, poke." "You know, you can only poke someone once until they poke back." "OK, really quick question:" "what do I do to build a mosque in Mercy?" "You know, what you really need is to start off with a press conference." "Invite the media, invite the town." "You know what?" "There's a town meeting later on tonight, you can piggyback it." "I'll even waive the permit fees." " What permit fees?" " Bribes." "[ The phone rings. ] Charles?" "Then what good are you?" "Little Mosque on the Prairie S06E07 Mosque of Dreams" " RAYYAN:" "Hello!" " SARAH:" "Hi!" "Mom, is that bacon?" "That's bacon." "What are you doing?" "I'm not eating it." "Well, not yet anyway." "Do you know I haven't had bacon for over 30 years?" "Because it goes against our beliefs?" "Well, I'm just not sure what our beliefs are anymore." "Mom, what do you mean?" "You're a Muslim!" "What if I'm a Muslim because I was married to a Muslim?" "Well, um, how long have you been feeling this way?" "I've been on a date, I've had wine, and something else Ann put in my drink, and now I'm thinking about trying bacon." " No, don't do it!" " Hey!" " That's turkey bacon!" " Oh!" "I'm not going to jump in headfirst." "I've got to dip my toes in a little." " Hey!" "Hey!" " Ow!" "Fine, I guess, I had that coming." "AMAAR:" "It'll be our own mosque." "We'll have our own religion in our own building." "Oh, this does not seem very attainable." "You should set your sights a little bit smaller, like" " A new shoe cubby for the mosque." " Yeah, I'm with Baber," "But to be fair, I don't really care." "I thank you for your honesty, Rev. Baber, you have wanted this for years." "I just don't think now is a good time." "People will think we're up to no good." " Why?" " People will see the minarets and think," " "Uh-oh, Muslims!"" " Naturally." "And then, they'll see innocent old Baber buying some lawn fertilizer and blamo!" "They'll think we're going to blow something up." "Why would they think that?" "And why would you be buying fertilizer?" "Your lawn is full of weeds and crabgrass." "Well, that's exactly why I would be buying fertilizer." "My point is proven." "Point not proven!" "No one's even going to think you're capable of blowing anything up!" "Challenge accepted!" "You will see the authorities will be right at my door!" " AMAAR:" "Salaam alaikum, Sarah." " Hi, Amaar." " You wanted to talk to me?" " Yeah, I needed your help with a presentation tonight at the town meeting for the new mosque." "Look, Amaar, I would love to help..." "Great, I will get you the plans right away." "No, no, no." "Amaar," "I would love to help, but this is the kind of thing that takes a 125% of your energy and faith, and I just can't commit to something" "I don't believe anymore." "OK." "Wow, I knew you were having a crisis of faith, but I didn't realize it was that bad." "Why is it bad?" "Maybe it's good!" "Maybe this is the best decision I've ever made!" "OK, Sarah." "Well, I'm always here if you need to talk." "Uh-huh!" "OK." "Well, that's one Muslim down." "Let's hope the rest of them convert before you build" "That mosque of yours, eh?" "[ laughing ] [ choking ]" "What a waste of perfectly good goat curry!" "I could still eat that if you want." "Hey!" "How do you want to pay for that today?" "Uh... with my credit card." " OK..." " Wait, wait, wait, wait." "Would it be more suspicious if I use cash to pay for the fertilizer?" " No." " Um, I disagree." "I think cash would be much more suspicious." "And yes, to answer the question your face is asking," "I am a Muslim." "OK..." "Does that mean you get like a discount or something?" "I should get a discount!" "You know, some people might find it peculiar that I, a Muslim, am buying so much fertilizer." "OK." "Well, enjoy your fertilizer and being a Muslim." "I'll get your change." "Aren't you supposed to go to Amaar's mosque kick-off press conference?" "Yes, I am." "It's a town meeting, and I am the mayor." "And yet you're not moving." "I will." "Just waiting for Charles to call." "I just want to hear his voice." "We've hardly talked at all this week." "Hey!" "Stop ignoring me, I'm actually opening up." "I'm sorry." "I'm just lost inside my head." "I don't think I'm a Muslim anymore." "Have you eaten any bacon yet?" "I've toyed with the idea, but I haven't followed through." "I just keep asking myself:" "Why am I a Muslim?" "I mean, is it because of Rayyan, because if it's because of..." "Oh, my God!" "OK, you win." "I'll go to Amaar's press conference." "Just stop talking." "[ sigh ] [ cell phone ringing ]" "Mayor Popowicz's phone." "Oh!" "Hello, Charles." "Well, I must say that's very descriptive, but this is Sarah, and I'm not nearly that flexible." "I'll let Ann know you called." "OK." "Bye." "Is that my phone?" "Is it Charles?" "It was Charles, wasn't it?" "Yes!" "Yes." "Oh!" "What?" "I was..." "Really looking forward to that call." "Aren't you going to Amaar's press conference?" "No." "Like they're waiting for me." "Ah, how long do you think we have to wait for the mayor?" "We should just go ahead and get this thing started." "Oh!" "Remember, you are doing something amazing for the community, and you're going to be great!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Don't bring up the chicken." "Good evening, residents of Mercy." "Tonight, I stand before you, a man of faith, a man with a vision!" "A man with a purpose." "A man who is going to build a mosque in Mercy!" "It'll be our own mosque," "No different than the mosque that we have in the church." "If it's no different, then why do you need to build it?" "Well, I had a vision." "That's how it all started." "Well, not really a vision, more like a sign!" "A sign that came to me" " Through a friend." " Who?" "Me?" "Bet you it was me." "No, it wasn't you, Nate." "It was, um..." " ..." "Ray-Hen." " Rayyan?" "No..." " Ray-Hen." " Ray-Hen?" "Isn't that your chicken?" "[ laughing ]" "Yes, the sign that came to me" "Was through a, uh..." "Ray-Hen, a chicken." "[ laughing ]" "If I could have everyone's attention, please, thanks." "Tonight, we are accepting donations." "And there's free food at the back." "I got a perfect headline:" ""Award-wanting journalist" " Gets bored at town hall meeting. "" " Ha!" "Ha!" "[The two men]:" "Oooh!" " Sweet chocolaty balls." " Ooh!" "A snickerdoodle." "Well, I guess I destroyed the mosque before we even built it." "Most of the people here probably won't even remember this." "You know, that's... sad that that's as reassuring as it is." "Amaar, sorry, I'm late." "What did I miss?" "You're so pretty, Rayyan." "{ Advertisement }" "Can't let this get you down." " How would you suggest I..." " Motivate it?" "Look, if we don't raise the money, we are not getting the mosque." "And if last night is any indication, we are not raising the money." " Do you need a bottle?" " A bottle?" "Yeah, 'cause you're acting like a baby." "So, last night tanked, suck it up!" "You wanted a sign?" "You were given one that told you to build a mosque!" "You might have to do some of the heavy lifting yourself." " I'm sorry, was that too harsh?" " No." "You're right." "You're absolutely right!" "I can do this." "Positive attitude makes all the difference." "What if the chicken wasn't a sign?" "What if I missed the real sign while I was hanging out..." " With a chicken?" " You want another sign?" "Really?" "That's kind of creepy." "[ amused exclamation ]" "Ah-ha!" "Just the man I'm looking for." "Wow." "Look, a spot just opened up in the lawn dart game" " In the park." " Oh, that is great news!" "Is what I would say if I could go, but I can't." "What?" "No, we've been waiting for months for this spot!" "You don't think I know that?" "I'm the one that put us on that waiting list." "But I can't go because" "I've got to wait here for the police to come and arrest me." "Right..." "Well, good luck with that, Baberella." "Oh, do you want to be on the visitor's list" "In the unlikely event they allow me one?" " No, I'll just wait for you on the outside." " OK." "No." "[ Baber sighs. ]" " Hello!" " Oh!" "Hi, sweetie!" "Hi!" "Oh!" "Uh-oh!" "Cooking turkey bacon again, the gateway meat." "Well now, some would call it the gateway to heaven!" "Not Muslims of course, just people who like bacon." "Are you OK?" "You seem a little tense." "No, I'm fine." "I'm fine." "I know exactly what I'm doing." "OK, but we could really use your help with the new mosque, and we were hoping that you'd changed your mind." "Yeah." "It's just that I can't do something I don't believe in." "Well, you obviously haven't totally lost your faith," " You're eating turkey bacon." " The thing is..." " Ah!" "Spit it out!" "Spit it out!" " What?" "You have lots." "It's not turkey bacon." "Sorry." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "[ sigh ]" "That's wine." "Kidding!" "[ sigh ]" "Stupid answering machine!" "Where are you, Charles Thorne?" "Guess who had bacon this morning, real bacon?" " I did." " No, I did." "I've finally took that last step away from my old life." "Sarah, I love you, but your religious crisis is getting in the way of my real crisis." "Well, then I guess you don't want half my BLT." "Hell, yeah!" "Less dork... more pork." "This one looks more like a prison than a mosque." " There's that one." " Is that a pentagram on the wall?" "Hmm, it kind of depends what you mean by pentagram." "I think he means this five-sided witchy-shaped thing here." "Oh yeah, it is a pentagram." "I think we'll take a pass." "OK." "This building's on fire!" "I'm 25% sure that fire has been put out." "Next." "[ sigh ] Oh!" "Well, what about this one?" "This one looks kind of perfect." "Yeah!" "It does." "Can we see it?" "Can we see it now?" "Well..." "I'll just get..." "another one." " Please." " Eat, eat." "Maybe we should wait outside." "What if the police come by, and" " I'm not there to be arrested?" " Face it, Babs," "They're not coming." "Now, let's go play some lawn darts!" "But this is so unfair!" "Why won't the police arrest me?" "They're just not that onto you." " What's worse, I spent all that money on that bomb-making stuff." " Ha!" "Ha!" "I'd hardy call fertilizer bomb-making equipment." "No, no, no, no, the fertilizer's outside." "I put the bomb-making stuff in the community room closet for authenticity." "Wait, wait, wait, what other bomb-making stuff?" "A lot of electronics, gasoline, nails, combustible hairspray." " It's in the community room?" " Yes, in the closet." "In the closet?" "No, Baber, no." "No, no, no." "You realize if someone catches wind of this," "You could actually be in serious trouble, right?" "Ah, I can take it!" "I'm very tough, I'd survive Gitmo." "Tough?" "You're afraid of the moon!" "I don't like the way it looks at me." "Ugh." "You do know that Gitmo's not taking new prisoners, right?" "You'd wind up somewhere much worse like the moon." " OK, I'll be good." " Yeah." "Now, let's go." "Let's get that stuff in your van and you can return it to the store." "[ dove cooing ]" "This place is a real steal, guys." "But like I said, I shouldn't be showing it to you, the place is set for demolition." "Are you telling me this used to be an old schoolhouse?" "Who would want to demolish this?" "It's amazing!" "I mean, of course, it needs a lot of work, but wow!" "I think I'm having goose bumps." "Oh!" "The minbar can go right there." "And my office can be in that room with the family" " Of angry racoons!" " Yes!" "Wow!" "Wow!" "Wow!" "Why is there a team" " With a wrecking ball out front?" " Like I said, the place is scheduled for demolition." " [Together]:" "Today?" " Yeah, in 15 minutes or so." "But don't worry, guys!" "I can find you a place exactly like this..." "probably." " Can't we stop them?" " No." "Only the mayor can stop the demolition now." " How do you even know that?" " She likes to brag." "You guys really want this place, don't you?" " More than anything!" " Huh." " OK." "You go find Ann and I'll stay here and make sure" " They don't tear it down." " Brilliant!" "[ Rayyan sighs. ]" "I also do life insurance, taxes and hot tubs." "...just, huh... email." "Brother Amaar?" "Baber!" "I need to get to city hall, fast!" " Let's do it!" " Thank you!" "Go!" "[ Tupper is humming. ]" "[ Tupper is whistling a song. ] Ready?" "Hey!" "[ He keeps humming. ]" "Hey, Baber!" "You can't park here." "Tupper, we have no time right now." "We are here on official business." "Amaar, let..." "You can't..." "Oh, hey!" "Buddy, buddy!" "Hold on!" "Hold on!" "Look at this, huh?" "A 9/11 in progress, right there, my friend." "Caught him red-handed." " That's a code blue!" " It's not a 9/11, Fred." "Calm down." "You can refresh your computer as often as you'd like, but an email from Charles isn't going to magically appear." "[ The computer dings. ] Oh!" "Charles just emailed." "He'll call me in ten minutes." "Guys!" "We found the perfect spot for the mosque, but it's going to get torn down." "Ann, you have to stop it!" "I don't know, Amaar!" "It seems like an awful lot of work." "It's the old schoolhouse at the edge of town." "Yeah, it's probably rubble by now." "No, Rayyan's keeping it safe for now, but you have to save it." "Amaar!" "We are in big trouble, which actually proves my point, but that's not the issue right now." " What are you talking about?" " Mayor." "Baber, Amaar, you two responsible for that van outside, right?" "Huh, yeah, I guess so." "Why?" "Oh!" "Cuff me, I won't resist." "Just don't tase me, bro!" "Why would I cuff you for parking in a handicap spot?" "Illegal parking?" "Oh, good!" "Because I thought" "You were here because of the bomb in the back of the van." " Ha!" "Ha!" "Ha!" " Wha.." " Well, now you're under arrest." " You can't arrest him!" "" " I'm afraid the law says otherwise." " Oh, come on, Paul!" "This is probably just a somewhat hilarious misunderstanding." " Yes!" " This isn't what's important." "What's important right now is that we have to go to the old schoolhouse before it's too late." "[ pigeon cooing ] Well, I can't really tell you how you got that rash if I don't have more information." "It was about two weeks ago and my old college buddy was in town, and..." "Oh!" "OK, OK." " I don't want to hear that." " All right." "So guys, we're going to tear this place down now, or what?" "Oh!" "No!" "Go back to the rash." "You were saying, "two weeks ago... "?" "Yeah, my old college buddy, hadn't seen him in a while..." " No demolition today, boys." " But why?" "This is the future site of the new Mercy mosque." "Yes!" "You totally saved the day, Ann!" "Mayors!" "[ A cell phone rings. ]" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Hey there, hot stuff!" "Oh!" "Hang on." "Rayyan, Amaar just got arrested for having a bomb." "Ha!" "Ha!" "Very funny." "Oh my God, you're serious!" "So where were we?" "What am I wearing?" "Well, nothing, naturally." "Ha!" "Ha!" "Charles?" "Hello?" "Charles?" "Charles!" "Battery!" "No!" "[ Her screams echoes. ]" "[ Amaar is banging his head on the table. ]" "I can't believe you built a bomb." "I didn't build a bomb!" "I merely collected a bunch of things that look like bomb-making things!" "It was not a crime, just suspicious and very costly." " Well, you proved your point." " I know, and it breaks my heart!" "Then why'd you do it, Baber?" "Because I was happy with the way things are!" "[ He starts whining. ]" "OK!" "Baber, that's what this is about?" "Look, nothing's going to change!" "The mosque will always be there for you." "It doesn't matter anyway." "By this time tomorrow," "We'll be in solitary confinement together." "[ The door opens. ]" "OK!" "Baber's story checked out." "You guys are free to go." "Huh, technically, I'm supposed to say that." "Yeah." "Oh!" "I'm sorry." "You can tell them about the fertilizer." "Well, it turns out Baber, being the frugal shopper that he is, bought the cheap stuff," "So what you have couldn't even blow up a dollhouse. [ They laugh. ]" "Uh-huh!" "Could not blow up a dollhouse, could I?" " Challenge accepted!" " No!" "No!" "No!" "That's not what he meant!" "Thanks for letting us go." "And for not waterboarding us or making us stare at the moon." " O..." "K." " OK!" "Let's go, you guys" "I'll buy you an ice-cream sundae for your troubles." "Oh, no!" "Sweetie, I'm fine!" "Yes, absolutely, I'm fine." "They dropped the charges." "Well, there really were no charges, so I'm a free man!" "What?" "Oh, that's great!" "That's great news!" "Amaar!" "Fred is talking about you on the radio and his face sounds redder than ever." "I gotta go, honey." "Bye!" "FRED:" "Well, here's news of yet another Muslim terror plot" "Right here in Mercy." "This one starts with Amaar Rashid and goes all the way down to Baber "Sneaky" Siddiqui." "It's about time somebody blew the lid off of this thing." "Well, call me the can opener, 'cause I've finally cracked the Da Vinci code of what those wacky rug riders have been up to." "Turns out they were trying to blow up city hall." "Fortunately, yours truly was there to scotch the deal." "Now, do I call myself a hero?" "Well, some would, of course, but I'm..." "[ She turns off the radio. ]" "Well, at least we found a new place for the mosque and Rayyan just told me it's not getting demolished." " Ah!" " That is a big surprise, Amaar, because I was kind of hoping that, huh..." "I mean, congratulations!" "I didn't think you'd pull it off." "Hurrah!" "Well, technically I haven't." "Not yet, anyway." "We still need to raise some money for the mosque." "Amaar, I know it seems like I've been pushing you away, but Muslim or not, you are my son now and I am behind you 150%." "Thanks, Sarah, and you know, I'm always here for you, no matter what the crisis, faith or not." "Well, I wanted you to know that I finally sold Yasir's business." " Congratulations!" " And I want to put all the money towards the new mosque." "Wow!" "I don't know what to say!" " "Thank you" works." " Thank you." "Thank you so much!" " Mom really did that?" " Oh, she did!" "Wow!" "I did not see that coming." "What about you?" " Are you OK?" " Oh, I couldn't be better!" "Even with the town not getting behind the mosque" " Like we thought they would?" " I'll bring them around." "And you getting arrested for that whole non-bomb thing, plus Fred Tupper trashing you on the radio?" " I couldn't believe that!" " Look, remember when I came" " To Mercy five years ago?" " Uh-huh." "Those exact same things happened to me, and look how that turned out." " It turned out pretty well." " I think we're right on course." "{ Advertisement }" "[ knock!" "knock!" "] What's going on?" "Charles called." "My cell battery died." "I'm waiting for him to call back." "Have you been waiting here all weekend?" " Yes!" " Oh, Ann!" "Why does he have to live in Ottawa?" "Why does he have to be engaged to somebody else?" "Why is he such a stupid jerk?" "Why is the phone unplugged?" "Ah, man!" "[ The phone rings. ]" "Hello?" "Oh, hello, Charles!" "No, I'm just sitting here, naked, eating a banana." "Well, you know how I crave potassium." "[ Sarah snorts. ] Uh-huh." "Subtitle by:" "Kiasuseven"