Learning to laugh at yourself

The BBC has finally turned out a comedy sitcom involving Muslims called Citizen Khan, with the predictable results in 200 complaints. Which I have to admit is far lower than I expected, though again it might just be that not that many Muslims watch the BBC. It might even be that a lot of the complaints are outrage by proxy in that certain leftist/liberals feel obliged to be outraged on behalf of Muslims, something I suspect we'll never really know.
Telegraph.

Citizen Khan, a BBC sitcom about a Muslim community leader, has attracted around 200 complaints after its first episode was broadcast on Monday.
It was suggested that the programme "takes the mickey out of Islam", contained "stereotypes about Asians" and that it was "disrespectful to the Koran".
A scene in which a heavily made-up girl, Mr Khan's daughter, rushed to put on a hijab and pretended to be reading the Koran when her father entered provoked particular ire, the Daily Mail reported.
The six-part series, created by and starring Adil Ray, a British Muslim, was shown for the first time on Monday at 10.35pm.

Thing is, most religious based comedy takes the mickey out of stereotypes all the way back to All gas and gaiters and beyond. However we're probably dealing with a certain type of Muslim here in the complaints as all religions seem to have them. We're talking about the humourless git here, you know the one, who believes laughter is a sin and that religion (of their particular type) is no laughing matter. I mean God forbid that Muslims should be portrayed as normal people with typical, normal teenagers and young adults who behave rebelliously. Perhaps they should instead all be shown either preparing to be suicide bombers or praying piously.Yes this blog has issues with radical Islam and no it doesn't ascribe to islamophobia as there are a lot of instances in which the followers of Islam have brought terror to the world. But not for one instant have we ever thought all Muslims are the same, perhaps easily lead by the odd extremist, but not all 'allah' clones. That's not to say there aren't some of course...
Learning to laugh at yourself and the foibles of your life, nation, race and religion is a sign of being a well balanced individual. After all, should Scots be offended by Rab C Nesbitt or the Irish by Father Ted or even Mrs Brown's Boys, should the English get upset over The Vicar of Dibley?
Well we don't and I suppose only 200 complaints from 3.6 million viewers is a good start.