Meet Aasif Mandvi's All-American Muslim Sitcom Family

'Halal in the Family' aims to combat bias and stereotypes about Muslims.



Have you seen Halal in the Family ? Aasif Mandvi's sitcom parody launched last week on Funny or Die. The series aims to combat bias and challenge misinformation about Muslims and communities associated with Muslims. It's also a tool to support existing campaigns to combat anti-Muslim bias. And it's funny.

In the grand tradition of television sitcoms, Mandvi stars as the sweater-clad patriarch of the Qu'osbys, an all-American Muslim Family dealing with suspicious neighbors, uninformed classmates, misguided protesters, and more. The series also stars Sakina Jaffrey, Shoba Narayanan and Nicky Maindiratta.

Set aside 25 minutes and watch all four episodes now:

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"Introducing America's Favorite Muslim Family... Don't Worry, They're Not THAT kind of Muslim!"



Halal in the Family is a comedic webseries by actor/comedian/writer/producer Aasif Mandvi, best known for his work as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It's a sitcom parody about an all-American Muslim family that aims to challenge stereotypes and misinformation about Muslim communities.

It started as a one-off gag sketch on The Daily Show, but in the course of covering way too many stories revealing the depth of prejudice against Muslims in the United States -- and getting worse every day -- Mandvi was inspired to expand the idea of a Muslim family sitcom into a full-fledged webseries.

You may remember that this project was originally titled The Qu'osby Show, a take on Bill Cosby's beloved, groundbreaking family sitcom. But when it became fairly clear that the man we knew and loved as Cliff Huxtable is actually serial rapist, it cast a rather dark shadow on our collective memory of that show. The team took a moment to rethink and rename the series. And so: Halal in the Family.

Here's Aasif with more information: