The Sun‘s recent controversial headline, claiming one in five British Muslims voiced sympathy for jihadis, has now been discredited for the misleading load of racist fear-mongering that it is.
SUN FRONT PAGE: '1 in 5 Brit Muslims' sympathy for jihadis' #skypapers pic.twitter.com/JpZ8x1KLz5
— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 22, 2015
And now the people of Twitter have taken to the site to voice their own ridiculous ‘one in five Muslims’ statistics, using the hashtag #1in5Muslims.
Let the trolling begin:
#1in5Muslims have forcefully converted their cat to islam pic.twitter.com/RCvwaqKuw6
— Anas (@Saka1410) November 23, 2015
#1in5muslims think Ross and Rachel were on a break
— Judy Moncada (@LiberatedSoul_) November 23, 2015
#1in5Muslims thought this was white and gold. #throwback pic.twitter.com/OvEtfFzLuG
— Toseef Ahmad (@elseefo) November 23, 2015
#1in5Muslims think Netflix and chill means Netflix and chill.
— Areeb Ullah (@are_eb) November 23, 2015
#1in5Muslims Get told to go back to their country "Islam" every week
— SC: MadeManJama (@MadeManJama) November 23, 2015
#1in5Muslims won the Nobel Prize before they were old enough to start college pic.twitter.com/5YSU50ZOIF
— Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) November 24, 2015
#1in5Muslims rides into battle on a unicorn. (pic by @shinyinfo) pic.twitter.com/ukf8cucnSy
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) November 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/muslamichoe/status/668907335910350848
#1in5Muslims named Mohamed just changed their name to Mo so they wouldn't lose business clients.
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) November 23, 2015
#1in5muslims wonders what bacon tastes like.
— Nadia (@nadiajqureshi) November 23, 2015
#1in5Muslims get asked if they shower with their hijab on.
— Leeya ☝?️ (@Soul_Dignified) November 23, 2015
Well played!