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http://www.metro.co....mplaints-to-bbc

Adil Ray, who wrote the show as well as playing the title role, spoke out after the backlash from viewers who claimed Citizen Khan - set around the Sparkhill community of Birmingham - stereotyped Muslims and was 'disrespectful to the Koran'.

The media regulator Ofcom is also considering an investigation after receiving 20 complaints about the show.

BLOG: Citizen Khan wasn't offensive - just offensively bad

However Ray, a British Muslim previously known for his show on the BBC Asian Network, told Five Live that it was a 'British family sitcom' and was not intended to stereotype the community.

article-1346408881601-14A9E5DE000005DC-350500_223x335.jpgRadio presenter Adil Khan created the show and plays the title character (Picture: BBC)

'Citizen Khan is not a Muslim comedy,' he said.

'It is a family comedy with universal themes of hypocrisy, deceit, and relationships that we can all connect to.

'It is a great opportunity for Muslims to be seen as like everybody else. To say, “Look we have the same human flaws as everyone else but we just have a different religion”.'

However he added that it was 'only natural' for some viewers to feel sensitive due to the lack of similar Muslim characters on TV.

The show stars Ray as a pompous, self-appointed community leader in Sparkhill - which he describes as 'the capital of British Pakistan' - dealing with day-to-day life as well as his long-suffering wife (Shobu Kapoor) and two daughters.

The first episode - which saw him in a tight spot after forgetting to book the mosque for his daughter's wedding - attracted 3.4m viewers despite its relatively late 10.20pm timeslot.

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/910264-citizen-khan-star-defends-sitcom-following-over-700-complaints-to-bbc#ixzz2520RLLiH

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it was crap anyway, y cudnt they jus make a comedy with jokes in it, rather than constant reference 2 their crappy religion or ethinicity? it was embarrasin viewin, also find it funny they cudnt handle the hijabi girls character, who is a fke practitioner of the religion, if u go 2 college, u c plenty of their girls r like that. dropped off by their dad (hijab on), they go inside the buildin, go tiolets, makeup on, hijab off, salwar off, tight jeans/top on!

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it was crap anyway, y cudnt they jus make a comedy with jokes in it, rather than constant reference 2 their crappy religion or ethinicity? it was embarrasin viewin, also find it funny they cudnt handle the hijabi girls character, who is a fke practitioner of the religion, if u go 2 college, u c plenty of their girls r like that. dropped off by their dad (hijab on), they go inside the buildin, go tiolets, makeup on, hijab off, salwar off, tight jeans/top on!

proper lame with fake audience laughs.

bring back Alf Garent, Minder, on the buses, and Frank spencer

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