The 'Real Housewives of ISIS' sketch premiered this week as part of new BBC show 'Revolting', prompting a social media storm.
Echoing the 'Real Housewives of…' reality television series, the show depicts the lives of four Western women who have gone to Syria to become 'jihadi brides' of IS fighters.
In one of the scenes, a wife enters a room in a heavily shelled house wearing a suicide vest.
"Ta-da! What do you think?! Ahmed surprised me with it yesterday," she says as another wife records her entrance on Instagram.
"Hashtag OMG," the wife filming it says.
"Hashtag Jihadi Jane, hashtag death to the West, ISIS emojis."
In another scene, a wife called Hadiya points a finger gun at the screen.
A 'jihadi bride' is depicted in BBC's latest comedy. Source: Facebook
“I’m so glad I’ve moved over here,” she says.
“It’s everything those guys on the chatrooms told me it would be… and it’s full of so many wonderful surprises.
She begins scrubbing the floor, “Didn’t have to do this in Birmingham!”
The sketch has produced mixed reactions, with 67,000 leaving their comments on the trailer posted on Facebook in the days following.
Some wrote that parodying IS is a good strategy.
“The whole point of satire is to bring people down to a level. If you can mock something, you're not scared of it.”
While others were offended by the show.
A Facebook screen grab. Source: Facebook
“I am shocked that this is allowed to broadcast on TV.
“When people watch this show it will be easy for them to view all Muslims like this and will be difficult for them to differentiate.”
A screen grab from Facebook. Source: Facebook
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