Sunday, July 10, 2016

"ISIS is NOT Muslim, They Are Psychopaths"

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Why This Woman's Uncompromising Tweet About ISIS Is Going Crazy Viral

"That was my Eid gift."

 
 @clarissajanl
 
 

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.

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.

Taken aback by the positive 

responses, Jardin later 

tweeted that it was an 

indication of how heavily 

skewed the narrative has 

become against Muslims.

In stark contrast, Jardin 

noted that she received 

the most hatred from 

racists and white 

supremacists on 

social media.

"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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