The BBC hit show “Bodyguard” has been a topic of conversation all over social media, from hailing it as one of the BBC’s best shows to calling it out for Islamophobia. The show follows an ex veteran who is assigned to protect the Home Secretary, Julia Montague, who is then assassinated.

Over 10.5 million people viewed the final in a six part series of BBC drama, the extended 75 minute special is currently the most watched drama of the year.

Many have been sharing their thoughts on the drama and highlighted the misrepresentation of Muslim women through it, going as far to suggest it was fuelling Islamophobia.

Quite annoyed with the #Bodyguard finale tbf. Just feels like lazy writing. Inevitably perpetuating the same stereotype we thought it was shattering and further fuelling islamaphobia / hatred towards Muslims and (by extension) the entire South Asian community. Nice work.

— Antonio Aakeel (@AntonioAakeel) September 23, 2018

BBC, Newsbeat “No, she wasn’t the oppressed wife driven to carry a suicide vest on a packed train as we thought. In fact, she said she was a jihadi – and seemed intent causing mass carnage herself.” 

What a way to spoil an incredible series. Essentially the message they’ve just ended on is “even sweet, feeble Muslim women can be bomb makers too.” Really, really disappointed in that message, does absolutely nothing but further islamophobia. #bodyguard

— Rosie (@Rosielizabeth92) September 23, 2018

The documentary is also reported to fail the The Riz Test.

According to The Riz Test, there are 5 key things you need to look out for when watching a movie/documentaary to make it a candidate for poor representation:

Is the character in the film or tv show you’re watching is:

1. Talking about, the victim of, or the perpetrator of Islamist terrorism?

2. Presented as irrationally angry?

3. Presented as superstitious, culturally backwards or anti-modern?

4. Presented as a threat to a Western way of life?

5. If the character is..

a) Male, is he presented as misogynistic? b) Female, is she presented as oppressed by her male counterparts?

This initiative is here to tackle the misrepresentation of Muslims in film & TV, it’s inspired by @rizmc after his speech on representation at the House of Commons ????????

Find them @theriztest pic.twitter.com/ly4H4Jlxqp

— amaliah.com (@Amaliah_Tweets) August 15, 2018

Apart from the terrible portrayal of a Muslim woman, did anyone else find #Bodyguard awfully unrealistic and well sometimes somewhat comedic?

— Akeela Ahmed MBE (@AkeelaAhmed) September 23, 2018

The worst thing about Twitter this morning is all the spoiler tweets about #Bodyguard (haven’t watched last 1 yet). The hero of the day/genius better be the Muslim woman; otherwise I’m really going to be pissed off with all the stereotypes about her @BBC

— Dr Zubaida Haque (@Zubhaque) September 24, 2018

How many people who don’t know any Muslims will have watched that and thought – yeah, that’s about right. Almost 11 millions viewers apparently. Great. Excellent way to change narratives @BBC. #Bodyguard

— Ayisha Malik (@Ayisha_Malik) September 24, 2018

The disgraceful and dangerous portrayal of Muslim women as manipulative terrorists in BBC's #Bodyguard should not go unchallenged. It is lazy representations like this which create and sustain Islamophobic violence against Muslim women.#bodyguard

— Michael Mumisa (@MichaelMumisa) September 23, 2018

Just finished watching #Bodyguard series finale. Ffs expect nothing less from the BBC, making Muslims out to be macho villains and bomb blasting jihadis. Yep your just legitimising UKIPs agenda ????

— Zahin (@zahinkingahmed) September 24, 2018

Er, no. He opened with the stereotype of a Muslim woman cast as oppressed, brainwashed victim, and closed with a stereotype of a Muslim woman as a terrorist. His 'genius' was managing to wrap both stereotypes into one character thereby entrenching both. #Bodyguard https://t.co/ZyQPyvzqzE

— Shelina Janmohamed (@loveinheadscarf) September 24, 2018

Bodyguard was amazing for the first 5 episodes. Then the last one was absolutely diabolical. I hate how the BBC do that to their dramas.

— Kate Butterworth (@katie2106) September 23, 2018

well done BBC #Bodyguard for ruining a great series right at the end by only furthering a negative racial stereotype against Muslims ????????

— Daniel Parkinson (@D_Parkinson21) September 23, 2018

BBC drama Bodyguard reeks of Islamophobia after its opening scene depicted a Muslim woman wearing the hijab as a suicide bomber. https://t.co/BfpdyHwFjl via @MailOnline pic.twitter.com/4EHMcFSuEm

— Nathan Lean (@nathanlean) September 13, 2018

The Bodyguard ending was disappointing. It was almost as if someone in the BBC office said “women can build bombs too ya know” and so they had to spin some equality stuff into it #Bodygaurd

— Young Amber IV (@achase2000) September 23, 2018

Heartened to read all the tweets about the #Bodyguard finale & people rightly calling out the writer & the BBC for the lazy & frankly offensive narrative that it was the fault of the Muslim terrorist all along. This surely fails @theriztest all day long.

— Shibbir Ahmed (@Shibbir1) September 23, 2018