tw // islamophobia , death

Why these “jokes” are extremely offensive to muslims: a thread by a muslim who’s fed up with the islamophobia on this app.

I’m gonna start off by saying that idc if the OPs of these posts are muslim since my explanation will clarify why this is wrong regardless of the religion of the poster. i also apologize for the shit cropping

Every since the inkigayo issue arose, muslims (especially shia muslims) have been rightfully upset by it. what happened is unacceptable and i hope SBS burns to the ground. However, a lot of kpop fans on here thought this was finally their chance to drag nct publicly. Now, idc + https://twitter.com/aje_bts/status/1320366031244754945

what you think of nct, bc this is more than kpop and its completely okay to no longer like nct if you now associate this terrible incident w them, your feelings are valid. HOWEVER, a lot of memes like this began showing up where people joked abt nct +

being islamophobic and saying doing terrible things to muslims. A specific format that has shown up is this lucas meme where he’s shooting a gun at someone. From what i know the posters of most of these memes are muslim, and people are excusing this saying they’re joking +

about their own oppression which they should be allowed to do. Though I understand and agree that the oppressed can joke abt their oppression, the reason this specific “joke” is wrong is because it makes a joke of the shuhadaa of Islam.

Shuhadaa (singular: Shahid or Shahida) are martyrs. Though nowadays martyrdom is not strictly religious, i will be speaking abt the martyrs in terms of Islam.

There are many ways of dying that would make you a martyr in Islam (drowning, dying in holy war, dying of the plague, etc..) and one of those ways is dying in the name of Islam or in order to bear witness to one’s Islamic beliefs. This means that if someone is simply targeted +

and killed for being muslim, this makes them a martyr. Martyrs are held at high esteem, and immediately enter the highest of the heavens known as the heaven of Al-Firdows. They are given a crown and escape the fear of the Day of Judgement and the punishment of the grave. +

A lot of the tweets like this are basically making a joke out of being killed for being muslim, which would make you a martyr and is a tragic incident that is happening all around the world today. Literally this week two hijabis were stabbed in paris for being muslim. This is +

not funny nor is it joke material. i’m pretty sure that the OPs in this thread are muslim, but that doesn’t excuse this. this is not just joking about our oppression this is making light of martyrdom and those who die simply because they are muslim. That is haram (forbidden) +

and so extremely disrespectful. And the non-muslims liking these tweets and kekekekeing bc they think it’s a funny take that luc/as would shoot someone for being muslim,,,, i have no words.

I understand that i’m an nctzen but this legit is not me defending what happened. I am a muslim before I am anything else and I am making this thread bc this kind of humour does not belong near religious issues as serious as the ones depicted in the tweets.

I hope people stop laughing at tweets like this and that my fellow muslims (ESPECIALLY the ones who posted tweets like this) understand why this shit is wrong. These tweets need to be deleted theyre so wrong and disrespectful.

What happened in inkigayo was awful to the Shia community and I feel like people have strayed away from addressing the real issue to using it as a chance to make these nct hate tweets and nct islamophobic jokes. This is NOT the correct response to the situation. +

Again, if you no longer like nct or aren’t comfortable w them bc of this incident your feelings are valid and that’s okay. This does not mean we [muslims] can go about disrespecting our religion in the name of kpop stan twitter fanwars or to make idols look bad. that diminishes +

both the religion and the grave incident that happend at inkigayo today. If you REALLY care feel free to use this email template and email SM and SBS to get that video taken down and to get an apology from both companies. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vxl0Gi5bp6ZtUYNpQ9colRA__siInzCik-cQPUURa0Y/edit?usp=sharing Hate nct all you want idc +

but don’t use this as a reason to publicly hate them by making such insensitive tweets. you don’t fight insensitivity and disrespect towards islam with insensitivity and disrespect towards islam...

that’s all I have to say. reminder to report and block if you see tweets like this on your tl. Muslim OP or not those tweets are beyond disrespectful and inexcusable. I’m tired of the islamophobia on kpop twt and amongst kpop idols and their concepts. Please be respectful

towards muslims. this is a sensitive topic and not a time to be cracking these insensitive jokes. At the very least tw your shitty islamophobic jokes with the proper trigger warnings.

That’s all I have to say, respectful muslim moots and oomfs who want to add to this pls feel free.

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no way ppl are acting like this already... if you don’t want to read the long thread you keep your mouth shut.