#MuslimApartments: Twitter mocks media frenzy at California shooters' home

Muslim Americans take to Twitter to express their disgust at media's 'Islamophobia'


Web Desk December 06, 2015
Journalists take photos inside the bathroom in the home of shooting suspect Syed Farook on December 4, 2015 in Redlands, California. PHOTO: AFP

The home of the California shooters, who killed 14 people in a shooting spree in San Bernardino, was controversially thrown open to the media on Friday, offering a glimpse of the life of the couple behind the carnage.

Baby toys, a Quran: California shooters' home thrown open to media

Within hours of the live broadcast showing reporters going through the mass shooters', Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, belongings, Muslim Americans took to Twitter to express their disgust at media's 'Islamophobia'.

"Terrorist" cats, "seasonings of mass destruction" and "Disney-inspired infidel characters" were just some of the things in the photos that Muslims posted of their #MuslimApartments.

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Even Pakistani musician Salman Ahmad tweeted, "Danger: Too many axes in this Muslim Apartment".



Heavily laced with sarcasm, here are some of the tweets:





https://twitter.com/roqchams/status/672944332870189056

https://twitter.com/yogurtsoda/status/672893777283944448

Female attacker from DG Khan praised Da’ish chief



https://twitter.com/BlackShiite/status/672943668723105792



https://twitter.com/OyeMaria/status/672945212415729666



https://twitter.com/sangrianights/status/672890924733759489

https://twitter.com/Christina_Tasca/status/672934457238798336

https://twitter.com/LibyanBentBladi/status/672931157768540160

https://twitter.com/Misterjallen/status/672982861549608960

Deadly rampage: IS claims California couple as its ‘soldiers’





https://twitter.com/1Rafz/status/672908393628246017



https://twitter.com/SMPalestine/status/672948286215426048



This article originally appeared on Mashable.

COMMENTS (1)

Travis | 8 years ago | Reply The home of the shooters was a dingy hovel. No wonder they wanted to stop living !
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