Shawarma with no garlic sauce? #MuslimRage
Newsweek’s "Muslim Rage" Cover Sparks Immediate Backlash
Many are calling Newsweek’s new cover offensive and sensational. Twitter users are also now actively trolling Newsweek’s #MuslimRage hashtag in protest.
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1. This is Newsweek’s newest cover, showcasing the recent riots spreading throughout the Middle East.
Source: i.huffpost.com
2. Newsweek then offered readers a venue to discuss the controversial issue with the hashtag #MuslimRage
Users then re-appropriated the hashtag and have begun actively trolling it, filling it up with jokes by—for the most part—Muslim twitter accounts about Muslim culture.
heard some turkish guys express mild disappointment at the amount of cucumber in berlin-style döner kebabs #MuslimRage
Eid isn't on my wall calendar. #muslimrage
That girls ankles are showing! #MuslimRage
the lights turned red just as i got to them #MuslimRage
Tiramisu has Rum in it?!?!?!!? #MuslimRage
RT @Libyan4life: At a restaurant they put my glass of water closer to my LEFT hand. #MuslimRage
Wait, so i can only have 4 wives? #MuslimRage
What do you mean we're not smart? We invented Algebra and the Zero! #MuslimRage
how we call our president by the name kutta #muslimrage
When people read #Newsweek and believe it. #muslimrage
Halal beer has 0.3% alcohol? #MuslimRage
RT @AllWeAskFor: Shawarma with no garlic sauce? #MuslimRage
Newsweek is currently standing by the cover, with PR Director Andrew Kirk issuing this statement:
“This week’s Newsweek cover accurately depicts the events of the past week as violent protests have erupted in the Middle East (including Morocco where the cover image was taken).”
Via: politico.com
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