TIMES OF ISRAEL
BBC sparks a stir with Islamic State ‘Real Housewives’ sketch
by Agencies
January 6, 2017

The BBC sparked a social media storm after screening a comedy sketch called “The Real Housewives of ISIS,” satirizing the women lured into joining the Islamic State terrorist group. The two-minute sketch — which featured in the comedy show “Revolting” — has been seen more than 21 million times and drawn nearly 90,000 comments on the BBC 2 television channel’s Facebook page since airing on Tuesday. The reaction has varied between those who found it “sick” and “tasteless,” causing “pain and hurt” to others who found it “hilarious” and lauded it for mocking the “violent, paedophilic, regressive death cult” of Islamic State. READ MORE