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Londoners respond to metro attack with #YouAintNoMuslimBruv

Hashtag was inspired by an eyewitness to the attack at Leytonstone station who shouted at the suspect

Web Desk December 06, 2015

Police officers investigate a crime scene at Leytonstone underground station in east London, Britain December 6, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hours after a man wielding a knife slashed a man in an east London metro station on Saturday, reportedly screaming “this is for Syria”, the hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv started trending on Twitter.

The attacker seriously injured one man and wounded two others in what the Scotland Yard is treating as "a terrorist incident".

One Twitter user posted a video showing police restraining the alleged attacker, while an onlooker could be heard shouting, "You ain't no Muslim bruv."

Knife attacker slashes man in London metro after screaming 'this is for Syria'

Shocking scenes at Leytonstone Station pic.twitter.com/QwsynQjZHA
— Yusuf Patel MBE (@YusufJPatel) December 5, 2015

Within minutes of posting the video, people on Twitter began to use the hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv to condemn the attack.

https://twitter.com/suh_alien/status/673310934195167233

https://twitter.com/mk1969/status/673427737420406784

#YouAintNoMuslimBruv Why being Muslim does not mean I am a Terrorist! https://t.co/lZDOXzLQxi pic.twitter.com/yveFLQw2Q1
— Renu Bisht (@renubisht94) December 6, 2015

#YouAintNoMuslimBruv is just perfect - real, inclusive, undermines terrorist cause
— Chris Lowndes 🇺🇦🕊️ (@chrislowndes) December 6, 2015

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Many suggested #YouAintNoMuslimBruv represented real London:

Some poets get snotty about textspeak etc: #YouAintNoMuslimBruv seems to me to say a lot in the voice of ordinary London, the one I knew.
— Ian Duhig FRSL (@ianduhig) December 6, 2015

Such a London thing to say: #YouAintNoMuslimBruv
— LENG LU 🇯🇲🇯🇲 (@lucreatesx) December 6, 2015

#YouAintNoMuslimBruv hashtag is one of the reasons, I love London.
— Raffa Rants (@RaffaRants) December 6, 2015

Listen to the #VoiceOfLondon, #Leytonstone on looker tells terror attack knifeman: #YouAintNoMuslimBruv pic.twitter.com/008kuDMf2l #solidarity
— B Bold (@SE15Fellow) December 6, 2015

https://twitter.com/AlanLewis05/status/673291273151844353

Commuter defends young Muslim girl from attack on London tube

https://twitter.com/harper_matthew/status/673284151630516224

https://twitter.com/SpeakSarahSpeak/status/673295600012644352

https://twitter.com/tariqyx/status/673457552487809024

https://twitter.com/itsalexhedges/status/673459975461670912

This is why Britain is the place to live - beautifully intelligent people with beautifully trained police #YouAintNoMuslimBruv
— ~ (@xnooxrax) December 6, 2015

#YouAintNoMuslimBruv lol you don't see American Twitter making these hashtags
— - (@hadandoa) December 6, 2015

COMMENTS (4)

SHKT | 9 years ago | Reply @vinsin: @Mehreen: The passer-by said "you ain't no muslim bruv" because he wanted to emphasise that Muslims would usually not go around killing innocent people, and that killing innocents would not further the cause of Islam. This does not mean that the passer-by, whom we don't even know is a Muslim or not, is throwing someone out of a religion. Rather it emphasises the fact that people are realising that many Muslims are peaceful and want to remain so. It is their emerging opinion and I, being a Muslim in Europe myself, support it whole heartedly. @Editor: Please add the full story of what happened or link the original story of the event. The way this article stands now is confusing people into thinking that others are judging who is Muslim or not, which makes matters worse as our people are prone to jumping to conclusions rather than finding the truth.

vinsin | 9 years ago | Reply Wow, that is intolerance and nothing else. Some people want to decided who is Muslims and who is not? If you ask the perpetrator, he/she will say the same thing.

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Ashok Singhal | 9 years ago | Reply The standards and rules of behavior expected from Muslims differ from those expected from "Kafirs". Some Muslims have to do is start a twitter tag to prove they are "tolerant"

Mehreen | 9 years ago | Reply You cannot simply state or throw anyone out of the fold of the Religion. If someone is claiming that he or she is a Muslim then you have to bear it. So simply telling that you are not a Muslim do work in Muslim countries, but this practice cannot be repeated in Western nations. Also how convenient it is to shun every responsibility by stating that Terrorists have no religion. How long we will remain in denial that some crazies do use the Religion to fulfill their desires.

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