The BBC, very wisely, decided that the best way to deal with ISIS’s attempts to recruit young Muslim-British women was to use satire and ridicule. While this has drawn some controversy, the BBC is absolutely correct to go this route. Some of the most effective anti-al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) Information Operations, which was ISIS’s original name, was rooted in contextually appropriate Iraqi humor. To make them look silly and stupid. So without further ado, and for your late evening viewing pleasure, here are the Real Housewives of ISIS*:
* Before anyone decides to freak out in the comments, I am fully aware, perhaps more so than anyone else here, exactly how bad things are for the women that have been forced to become wives, consorts, or are forced into prostitution on behalf of ISIL. The BBC is not trying to make light of their situation, rather it is trying to use satire and humor to dissuade and Muslim-British women from willingly submitting themselves to that hellish reality.
From the BBC: The Real Housewives of ISISPost + Comments (145)