Hilarious fake 'One in Five Muslims' facts are showing just how ridiculous that Sun front page is
The Sun's front page story on Monday read: 'One in Five Brit Muslims' Sympathy for Jihadis'.
The poll behind this story has been widely discredited in the last 24 hours, but today in an editorial the paper doubled down on the story:
.@TheSun leader column today addresses yesterday's poll and what it means... pic.twitter.com/MF95zc6JKV
— Dylan Sharpe (@dylsharpe) November 24, 2015
On the same day the Sun published the story, it was revealed that hate crimes against British Muslims have spiked 300 per cent since the Paris attacks by Isis that killed 130 earlier this month.
printing front pages like this has real-world consequences pic.twitter.com/s2UINvsg6H
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) November 22, 2015
Ordinary Muslims everywhere have been called upon to denounce the
Isis atrocities against innocent people in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad,
and even 'do more' in the fight against them.Luckily, many people have been quick to point out how ridiculous these requests are by using humour:
"Y dnt u Muslims tell ISIS to stop"
Ok hold up pulls out iphone
"Yo ISIS habibi,its me plz stop"
ISIS:"ok habibi sorry,shisha tonight?"
— عُمر (@OmarImranTweets) November 22, 2015
And the response to the Sun's bogus 'One in five Muslims' statistic has been just as good.
'#1in5Muslims' has been trending across the world since the story was published. Some of the tweets seem... legit?
#1in5Muslims are lucky enough not to have a red squiggly line under their name in Microsoft Word
— Hamzah Moin (@hamzahmoin) November 24, 2015
#1in5Muslims use 'Inshallah' to politely avoid committing to any plan. (And it works.) "Wanna get coffee sometime?" "Sure, yeah, inshallah."
— Mehreen Kasana (@mehreenkasana) November 23, 2015
#1in5Muslims have been asked if they can make a cake since Nadiya won the bake off....
— Taaliah Nazar (@Taaliah76) November 24, 2015
A lot point out truths universally acknowledged.
#1in5Muslims feels awkward on a double date
— Omar Waraich (@OmarWaraich) November 24, 2015
While some are very dark.
#1in5muslims get through airport security without getting randomly selected for a search.
— war on christmas (@muslamichoe) November 23, 2015
#1in5Muslims is actually a Sikh some ignorant bigot added to the poll because turban.
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) November 23, 2015
The more ridiculous, the better.
#1in5Muslims don't like to move it move it
— Joey Ayoub جووي أيوب (@joeyayoub) November 23, 2015
— Toseef Ahmad (@elseefo) November 23, 2015
Eventually it all got a bit meta.
#5in5muslims is desperately seeking inspiration to find a good tweet that bangs and makes it to @thei100
— Aamar (@Mgarfy) November 23, 2015
At the end of the day, let's just keep things in perspective, shall we?
#1in5Muslims make up a fifth of the entire Muslim population.
Facts beat #SunHeadlines.
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) November 23, 2015
Source: http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/hilarious-fake-one-in-five-muslims-facts-are-showing-just-how-ridiculous-that-sun-front-page-is--bJfwW5RC3Kl?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100
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