Before we delve deeper into the issues viewers have with the show, let's first breakdown who Messiah is in Islam.

Perhaps the most problematic issue in Messiah is the name they gave to the protagonist of the show: Masih — a title given to Jesus in Christianity. Had it been any other name not commonly associated with religion, it would have probably been a lot more difficult to find similarities between the two.

So how similar are the real Dajjal in Islam and the Messiah on Netflix? And what does Islam say about the False Messiah, the Antichrist, and Dajjal anyway?

Most commonly known as al-Masih al-Dajjal in the Arab world and in prophetic narrations, scholars have concluded the reason behind his name (Masih) is because he will be blind in one eye or have a deformed eye. His other name, al-Dajjal, which translates into "the great deceiver" in Arabic, is given because he will deceive, lie, and claim he is the real Christ, misleading humanity into thinking this is the second coming. Only real believers will be able to read the letters KFR in Arabic on his forehead, meaning infidel; a sign from God to expose his falsehood.

Al-Dajjal is a male human, and according to narrations, he will be fair-skinned, well-built, relatively short, in his youth, and have curly hair. He will also have a distinctive defective walk. He will emerge from Khurasan - specifically Isfahan, a region in Iran - and be able to perform miracles such as the ability to make it rain at will, bring people back from the dead, and have control over the Earth's resources. And lastly, Dajjal will be killed by Isa - aka Jesus, the real prophet - when he descends back to Earth.

So where does that leave us? In comparison to Messiah on Netflix, they're both human men, relatively short, appear suddenly, and perform miracles.