Why This Woman's Uncompromising Tweet About ISIS Is Going Crazy Viral
"That was my Eid gift."
Each time a perpetrator of violence in the west
purports to be Muslim, there is
no dearth of calls for the world's
1.6 billion Muslims to denounce
these acts of hatred.
The dominating narrative on the right
is that one-sixth
of the global population is somehow
complicit in the
actions of the small clusters of people who
use Islam
as a tool to justify violence.
What many choose to ignore is that the
most frequent
targets of Islamic extremists are Muslims
themselves.
After the terror attacks at Ataturk
International
Airport in Istanbul last week claimed at
least 40
lives and injured more than 230,
author and activist
that
made clear how Islamophobes often
miss the point
in discussions about Islamic terrorists.
"Idiots the world over give ISIS a huge
boost by
aiding its narrative that it's representative
of Islam
and/or Islamic tradition," El-Baghdadi wrote.
"ISIS kills Muslims.
It crushes Muslim lives.
It wants to dominate Muslims.
We are the
first and biggest victims of ISIS,
always."
It's a truth that isn't as universally
accepted as it
should be. But many non-Muslims do
indeed hold
that view, and among them is journalist
Xeni Jardin,
who tweeted that exact sentiment
over the weekend.
Dude ISIS is bombing
Muslim people in Muslim
communities during the
Muslim holy month of
Ramadan how is ISIS
Muslim no they're
The response to
Jardin's tweet
was incredible.
Overnight, there
was an outpouring
of kind, grateful
messages from
Muslims all
around the world
who thanked
her for her words
and sent her love.
Eid Mubarak to all the beautiful
Muslim
people whose voices I've heard
these
recent days. Thank you for
teaching me.
Taken aback by the positive
responses, Jardin later
tweeted that it was an
indication of how heavily
skewed the narrative has
become against Muslims.
Yes! I didn't do anything
praiseworthy. Speaking of
Muslims as if they were
human beings shouldn't make
one a hero.twitter.com/levjoy/status/…
The unbelievable global response
to my tweet is not an indicator of
how smart or cool I am but how f
ucked up things are for Muslim
The unbelievable global
response to my tweet is not
an indicator of how smart or
cool I am but how fucked up
things are for Muslim people.
The entire Muslim world
retweeting this is a sign of how
dehumanized and distanced many
feel. The racism blaring from our
TVs is deafening.
In stark contrast, Jardin
noted that she received
the most hatred from
racists and white
supremacists on
social media.
The near unanimous response
from one group of people in my
mentions: peace and love.
"The volume of response was dizzying
and frightening. I've been on the
internet for a long time. I know
that the mood surrounding a viral
moment can shift at any time.
Many Trump supporters and other
racists responded to me, a fellow
white American, with ugliness and
threats," Jardin wrote in an op-ed
for The Guardian about her tweet.
"I blocked the worst, muted the
rest, and went on reading the
amazing love coming out of
accounts with Arabic in their
handles."
Cover image via Eugenio Marongiu
/ Shutterstock.com
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