Riot, rage and violence; three words summed up together to express what’s been going on in the Middle East because of an anti-Islam Internet movie trailer “Innocence of Muslims.”
The Newsweek magazine cover of the riots that followed in response to the film prompted a flurry of indignant Twitter posts this week in the social media.
Readers complained the magazine cover depicting angry rioters under the “Muslim Rage” headline was offensive because it stereotyped the Muslim community. They responded with the hashtag “#MuslimRage” and their own interpretation of Muslim rage by making light of magazine cover’s portrayal of Muslim reaction to the film. One of the most popular tweets came from @LibyaLiberty featuring a woman in a Muslim head scarf on her profile photo saying: “I’m having such a good hair day. No one even knows. #MuslimRage”
Another tweet said: “Lost your kid Jihad at the airport. Can’t yell for him. #MuslimRage.”
However, other tweets offered opinions of another perspective where one said “#MuslimRage are you trying to add more fuel to fire? Cheap publicity!!” And another: “Fooling of other religion isn’t a joke, ain’t about sense of humor, it’s disgracing #muslimrage.” And so the hashtag is trending by the second. While #MuslimRage may have disturbed some people, others were probably sipping their coffee, reading the trend on Twitter, and laughing it off.
Nonetheless, many people wrote opinions regarding the film; some were ashamed of the violence that caused the killing of American diplomats. Others advised Muslims not to react violently to such provocations. They said the story of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) should be told by Muslims on film, so the rest of the world understands that most of the Muslims do not seek justice through violence.
Tweeps find ‘Muslim Rage’ Newsweek cover offensive
