#NotAllNetizens amused by BBC's 'The Real Housewives of ISIS'

The two-minute skit was aired on Tuesday which portrays four women in the war-torn Syria. Many have called this attempt at satire tasteless while some find it hilarious. [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zlTpw_TYA"/] The video – a segment of a comedy show called Revolting that usually picks on current affairs issues for satire – has been already shared and viewed millions of times on social media. Some find the satire extremely insensitive given the dire situation of women captured by IS.

The BBC really made a satirical show called "The Real Housewives of ISIS" while the real housewives of ISIS are being raped and abused daily

— Meraj. (@UncleMeraj) January 4, 2017

A report on Al Jazeera quotes the sketch creator Faraz Ali who thought the video was made in "poor taste": "For the few documented events where young girls, often under 18, have left the UK, there is no doubt this has been a result of dangerous grooming and misguidance. Making light of this situation feels inherently wrong, almost capitalising on the suffering of these young girls who acted without proper insight." He has also expressed his fear that a video like this "runs the risk of making light of the very real and significant problems IS[sic] leaves in its wake".

BBC have absolutely outdone themselves with Real Housewives of ISIS. — Harry Shotton (@HarryShotton) January 4, 2017

Constructing an image of Muslim women as oppressed and fond of terrorism at a time of widespread gendered Islamophobia is deeply sinister. — Harry Shotton (@HarryShotton) January 4, 2017

Amid all the criticisms, some netizens were impressed with the "humour":

@BBC2 'The Real Housewives of Isis': Very funny! thank you for finding humour in such dark times and for being daring.U need to push limits — agathe jagiella (@agathejagiella) January 4, 2017

There are a few elements of the videos one can pick on as problematic – the war-torn setting at the background, a woman talking about what to wear to a “beheading”, two of the women angry at each other for wearing the same suicide vest, a woman who is happy to be chained by her husband because the chain is longer and a woman crying about her husband's obsession regarding "40 virgins".