Citizen Khan
المواطن خان
Adil Ray's BBC sitcom about a British-Pakistani Muslim family man in Birmingham — the BBC's first Muslim-led sitcom, and an early flashpoint over stereotypes.
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdbofficial
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Humour and everyday lifeMuslim minorities under non-Muslim ruleMosques
Screening Room
- Format
- Series · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Countries
- GB
- Languages
- en (original)
- Approach
- comedy
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Citizen Khanالمواطن خان
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Connections
- Features
- Adil Ray· Shobu Kapoor· Kris Marshall· Matthew Cottle· Maya Sondhi· Bhavna Limbachia
- Written by
- Adil Ray· Anil Gupta
- Broadcast by
- BBC One
People and things also explored
Little Mosque on the Prairie· The Muslims Are Coming!· Man Like Mobeen· The virtues of the Arabs of the Jahiliyya· Consecrated Livestock· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· نكث شروط غرناطة وثورة البشرات· The last sermon from the minbar
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Citizen Khan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/muwatin-khan-2012/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.