Little Mosque on the Prairie - 5 ª Season

It's the December holiday season, and the Christian and Muslim children at the church/mosque are fighting over how to decorate the building. This fight, especially the sight of an ornament looking like a mosque made out of Christmas tree light bulbs, makes Amaar remember back to the one and only major fight he had with Reverend Magee the first year the mosque was located in the church. Without asking, Duncan used the prayer hall as a practice space for the Christmas pageant's choir, then decorated outside the prayer hall with Christmas decorations. Amaar and Duncan were able to overcome these problems amicably, with Duncan even inviting the Muslim congregation to their Christmas party. But the last straw for Amaar was when the Anglican congregation, without Duncan's OK, moved into the prayer hall for the Christmas party since there was no other available space in town. Amaar disallowed the Christmas party in the prayer hall, much to an angry Duncan's chagrin. One other battle that year happened between Sarah and Yasir, who decided to place Hamoudi Contracting invoices in the Christmas cards Sarah was sending out. And Sarah wondered why they weren't receiving any Christmas cards in return.

Amaar is ready to propose to Rayyan, but he almost forgets to ask Yasir for her hand in marriage beforehand. In the intervening time, Rayyan is aware that Amaar is about ready to ask her. The unfortunate thing for Rayyan is that everyone else in town is also aware that Amaar is about ready to ask her. That fact ruins the mood for when Amaar is about ready to ask. So both Amaar and Rayyan, with a little help from Sarah (at times too much help), try to come up with individual plans to make the actual proposal special. Meanwhile, Reverend Thorne is on every Mercyite's enemy list both for kicking out the Muslims from the church and denigrating Mercy as a town. Since there is no indication that he will be leaving Mercy anytime soon, he has to try and find a way to get at least the Anglican congregation to be back on his side.

Amaar makes an off the cuff comment to Rayyan that he's not sure if he wants to have children. Rayyan is initially shocked and tries to hide the fact that she does want children. Based on a comment by Sarah, Rayyan believes Amaar will change his mind if only he had time to spend with a baby. So on a date with Amaar to watch a movie at home, Rayyan decides to combine it with a babysitting stint for a friend. The evening of babysitting has an unexpected result. Meanwhile, Reverend Thorne is still trying to find some way to get back into the good graces of the town. He thinks that befriending Amaar, a popular guy, will do the trick. But Amaar will have nothing to do with the reverend. Sarah, who the mayor considers a good friend adviser, gives some pointers to Reverend Thorne in befriending Amaar. But in trying to be Amaar's friend, the reverend has a mishap that takes its toll on Leslie, probably Reverend Thorne's best friend, on who Sarah is required to perform some major surgery.

In their continuing Christian/Muslim battle of superiority, Reverend Thorne and Baber decide to play bridge. The reverend chooses Sarah as his partner when she shows enthusiasm and a knowledge of the game, while Baber chooses the mayor as his partner. But Baber and Ann are aware, as the reverend soon is as well, that Sarah is a horrible player. When the reverend decides to lie to Sarah to get out of playing with her again, he ends up feeling guilty, especially after she finds out. Never having felt guilt before, he has to find out what the social norm is to deal with guilt and make amends. Meanwhile, Amaar is made aware that there is a wide economic disparity between himself and Rayyan, who many are calling his sugar mama. Based on a comment by Baber, Amaar thinks the perfect solution at least to make himself feel better is for them to have a prenuptial agreement to protect Rayyan. What will Rayyan think about this idea?

In running Hamoudi Construction in Yasir's absence, Sarah runs into a roadblock when she wants to bid for a lucrative contract in Odena. The roadblock is the potential client, a conservative Muslim named Suhail who won't deal with a woman. Sarah decides she needs a fake male figurehead for the company to act the boss while she makes the actual bid. In her mind, Baber is the perfect candidate, he who agrees since it will give him a chance to boss Sarah around, whether that is part of the agreement or not. Dealing with Suhail and Baber ends up being a little more problematic than Sarah first anticipated. Meanwhile, Amaar, while doing some counseling, inadvertently tells a somewhat negative story about Rayyan. This story gets back to Rayyan, who doesn't want Amaar to talk about her, especially of negative and/or personal stories, as she feels it violates her privacy and makes her look bossy. Amaar agrees and is sorry for his past indiscretion in this matter. When Amaar tells others that he can't talk about Rayyan, Rayyan is even angrier as again her giving Amaar a directive makes her look bossy. Rayyan thinks the only way for Amaar to really stop talking about her is to give him a taste of his own medicine, the information for which gets into the wrong hands.