A BBC sketch called the ‘Real Housewives of Isis’ which screened on Tuesday night has proved controversial.

The satirical clip shows four Western women, Afsana, Mel, Zaynab and Hadiya, who have travelled to Syria to join so-called Islamic State and become ‘jihadi brides’.

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They chat about their lives, husbands and fashion in the style of the popular ‘Real Housewives of…’ series, which includes New York, Orange County and Beverly Hills.

In one scene, one of the wives appears wearing a new suicide jacket, as others record her ‘outfit’ for Instagram.


‘Oh babe, you look gorgeous!’ her friend tells her, before telling the camera in an aside: ‘She looked MASSIVE. You’re gonna need a lot of Semtex to kill that one.’

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Two of the girls wear the same vest – ‘awkward’ (Picture: BBC)

It is part of the BBC2 comedy show ‘Revolting’, which debuted at 10pm on Tuesday.



But the clip has caused outrage among many people who say it is insensitive, with more than 33,000 comments left under the trailer debating whether or not it goes too far.

‘Making fun of vulnerable girls who’ve been groomed and are being raped by terrorists,’ one woman wrote. ‘To everyone finding this funny, you’re sick in the head.’

Real Housewives of ISIS? Wow the BBC got some explaining to do.. ??pic.twitter.com/JjmAmh5cO4 — "" (@Dubieee) January 4, 2017

The BBC's The Real Housewives of ISIS is awful. People are getting butchered, raped, enslaved are entitled to more respect. #MoralCompass — Fuad Alakbarov (@DrAlakbarov) January 4, 2017

However, hundreds of others have praised the show for taking on a difficult subject matter, saying that it could help dissuade young women who could be groomed online by recruiters.

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Commenting under the video, Irfan Mansor said: ‘

Responding to people saying it wasn’t right to ‘use religions to look funny’, Josh Bush said: ‘We’ve been doing it for decades, Monty Python took the piss out of Christians and Jews in the Life of Brian, Father Ted took the piss out of Catholics and so on.’

Journalist Sunny Hundal said: ‘I’ve seen quite a few friends of mine post this on their FB – many outraged others who loved it. I’ll just make three points. First, it’s hilarious.

‘Secondly, why shouldn’t the BBC be allowed to make fun of ISIS or their supporters? So what if it’s offensive? That is the point of comedy sometimes, and it’s about time we had more BBC stuff poking fun at Muslim/Sikh/Hindu communities. Not all of us are unable to laugh at ourselves.

‘Thirdly. Yes, some of these wives of ISIS are victims. In fact some of the skits show that (‘8 ft chain’)… but some also went there as willingly as adults. They deserve to be ridiculed.’

Watch the full thing here (18 minutes in).