After the U.S. magazine "Newsweek" issued a cover featuring the blaring banner "Muslim Rage" to headline an article by well-known anti-Islam activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, it asked readers to use the Twitter hashtag #MuslimRage to give their opinions.
#MuslimRage was soon inundated with responses by Muslims. But the hijacking was probably not exactly what the originators had in mind.
So far, the most popular retweet seems to be along the lines of: "Lost kid at the airport but can't call his name, Jihad." Or: "The waiter didn't tell me the meat I was eating was pork; I was so angry I dropped my glass of wine."
For its part, the tabloid website Gawker has lampooned the "Newsweek" story by presenting images of Muslim "rage" from across the Middle East.
As the "Los Angeles Times" observes, the irony of the privately made U.S. film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad has now come full circle:
#MuslimRage was soon inundated with responses by Muslims. But the hijacking was probably not exactly what the originators had in mind.
So far, the most popular retweet seems to be along the lines of: "Lost kid at the airport but can't call his name, Jihad." Or: "The waiter didn't tell me the meat I was eating was pork; I was so angry I dropped my glass of wine."
I'm having such a good hair day. No one even knows. #MuslimRage
— Hend (@LibyaLiberty) September 17, 2012
You lose your nephew at the airport but you can't yell his name because it's JIHAD. #muslimrage
— Hijabi Girl (@HijabiGrlPrblms) September 17, 2012
My camel doesn't want to wear seat belt. #muslimrage twitter.com/Jamalmorgan/st…
— Jamal (@Jamalmorgan) September 17, 2012
For its part, the tabloid website Gawker has lampooned the "Newsweek" story by presenting images of Muslim "rage" from across the Middle East.
Indeed, as everyone knows, Muslims, and especially Arab Muslims, have no lives, feelings or thoughts external to constant, violent rage, directed at old white people living in the Midwest (due to their freedoms). Sure, only a few thousand people out of populations of millions turned out to protest this goofy anti-Muhammad movie from YouTube, and sure, there was loud outcry against the violence across the Muslim world. But have you seen this photo? Those guys are mad.
As the "Los Angeles Times" observes, the irony of the privately made U.S. film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad has now come full circle:
Many Muslims in the Middle East were unaware that hardly any Americans had seen the video and that the U.S. government doesn’t preapprove movie releases. In the United States, few Americans know about the hard-line Islamic power players who, in an effort to whip up the base, helped stoke protests that were relatively small by Middle Eastern standards.