British daily, The Sun, on their frontpage on Monday wrote: “1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadists”. After this was posted on Twitter, the internet responded with a hashtag that bashed the newspaper for biased reporting and misleading statistics. Many said this was fuelling the already existing Islamophobia and criticised the newspaper for poor reporting.
#1in5Muslims - Using this hashtag the internet responded with stats of its own:
@Furqan_Naeem: “AMAZING! Look what started trending on Twitter! Power of social media and a strong message to @TheSun! #1in5muslims”
@anthonypermal: “#1in5Muslims is looking at this trend trying to come up with a cool tweet.” @hooriaKhaan: “#1in5Muslims is just good, other four are simply great and awesome.” @ProteinShaykh: “#1in5Muslims force their pets to wear modest Islamic clothing.” @rhanser: “#1in5muslimdentists recommend sugar-free gum to their patients who chew gum.” @Salam_deNada: “#1in5Muslims gets ‘randomly selected for extra screening’ at the airport.” @ssuk_feed: “5 in 5 Muslims we have spoken to think the sun post is an utter lie. We agree. #1in5muslims #misleadingquestion”
@thediffey: “#1in5Muslims who are tweeting #1in5Muslims are making laugh and brightening up my morning.” @pshep85: “Gotta love @TheSun and its ‘news reporting’ #1in5Muslims a terrorist? Good work on racial equality guys. Keep it up #warhasnoreligion.” @Pagalkuri: “@therealscottlaw @SkyNews where do they actually get this info? Who do they interview” @therealscottlaw: “@Pagalkuri @SkyNews no one. They make it up. Suits their agenda. Stirs the pot. Increases hate amongst the thick masses.” @hamzahmoin: “#1in5Muslims are lucky enough not to have a red squiggly line under their name in Microsoft Word.”
NovaaIntel: “#1in5Muslims say hi to me when I see them in the hall on my way to a lecture. The other 4in5Muslims are my lab partners and best friends.”
@miksima75: “#1in5Muslims I’ve met were nice to me. The other 4in5Muslims I’ve met were nice to me too.”
@Bonn1eGreer: “To paraphrase: #MarkTwain: ‘If you don’t read a newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read @TheSun- you’re mis-informed.’ #1in5Muslims”
@LibyaLiberty: “#1in5Muslims named Mohamed just changed their name to Mo so they wouldn’t lose business clients.”
@muslamichoe: “#1in5muslims get through airport security without getting randomly selected for a search.”
Wajeeda Yusuf
#1in5Muslims could possibly get attacked due to The Sun’s headline and it is 70% likely to be a Woman dressed in hijab or niqab. (Stat - no basis but my own head but more likely now then The Sun’s absurd headline)
Mike Hood
As someone who lives among Moslems and talks to Moslems on a daily basis, I consider this “1 in 5” figure to be inaccurate. With Al Qaeda it was different. After the 9/11 attack the majority of my Moslem friends refused to condemn Al Qaeda. I wouldn’t have said that Al Qaeda had active support, but 9 out of 10 Moslems weren’t opposed to Al Qaeda. ISIS has changed everything. The atrocities carried out by ISIS are totally disgusting to the British Moslems around me. I have not heard a single Moslem defend ISIS. If some do, it’s much much less than 1 in 5.
Amjad Ali
So “The Sun” took a poll and found that 1 in 5 muslims have sympathy for Jihadis..... First of all where did they take the poll.... an EDL march .... at Britains first head quarters..... I can tell you it wont be in Burnley.
Only people Muslims have sympathy is for those dying... women , children and men who didnt choose to be caught up in a senseless conflict. If someone is killing in the name of islam i dont sympathise with his action..... so basically i would like to say Fuck you “The Sun” newspaper you’re trying to do a Hillsborough on muslims and you look like the c@@ts that you are.
#thesun #1in5muslims #sun #shitnewspaper #thesunisonlygoodforwrappingupchips
Faz Ahmed
Me being a proud muslim, I know alot of fellow muslim brothers and sisters from all over the world, & i can 100% confirm that we do NOT support ISIS in any shape or form. The sun paper is the biggest piece of shit, & takes a dumbmotherfucker to believe in there headlines. If ur that dumbass then i will pray to god to give u some brain cells of your own.
Other Jonathan
Ah, another ‘Sun’ investigation. I’m sure it’s completely reliable in all forms and nothing at all has been fabricated and manipulated in order to push a certain Murdochian agenda. All solid facts taken from numerous studies and years of polls, I assume? #1in5Muslims
Saad Siddiqi
False polls bieng conducted to push a view that doesn’t have any support in the general Muslim community..
Maajid Nawaz
The headline 1/5 British Muslims support ISIS is inaccurate. 1/5 agreed with option 1 & 2 below, which is *worrying enough on its own* without distortion because the majority of fighters in Syria are jihadists, and from those the majority of foreign-fighters join ISIS. This result is significant. Frustratingly, the distorted headline has ruined the conversation.
Here’s the question: