{"id":17912,"date":"2017-03-08T02:17:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T02:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=17912"},"modified":"2017-03-08T02:17:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T02:17:17","slug":"video-muslim-teenager-bombarded-death-threats-abuse-filmed-twerking-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=17912","title":{"rendered":"Video: Muslim teenager bombarded with death threats and abuse after she was filmed twerking in hijab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A girl, claiming to be the one in the video, later issued an apology on YouTube saying she didn&#8217;t mean to offend anyone<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dk23zapaas0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Muslim teenager has received sickening death threats after being filmed twerking with a masked man in the middle of a busy city centre.<\/p>\n<p>The girl, who is thought to be 17, was filmed dancing in the street as passers-by gathered around.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed in Birmingham city centre, the clip was posted to Facebook , where users told her she should be &#8220;killed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One social media user branded her a &#8220;f****** s***&#8221; and another wrote &#8220;stupid b**** needs to be killed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous girl, claiming to be the teen in the footage, later made a video apology on YouTube, apologising for anyone she had offended.<\/p>\n<p>She explained she had been shopping with friends when the came across a man playing music.<\/p>\n<p>The girl began dancing and was filmed thrusting her bottom towards and forwards &#8211; commonly known as a twerking move.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Muslim-girl-twerking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Muslim-girl-twerking.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Muslim-girl-twerking-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"in-article-image\" data-mod=\"image\" data-init=\"true\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The girl was filmed dancing with a friend before a man joined in<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Facebook\/GoBrum)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seemingly enjoying the public&#8217;s attention, the girl smiled, clapped and sang along to the R&amp;B track.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of the girl makes way for the street performer to join in with her dancing and the pair begin gyrating with one another.<\/p>\n<p>She was then subjected to a torrent of abuse when the clip was posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>One user wrote: &#8220;Truly disgusting. Some people don&#8217;t understand the meaning of the veil.@<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: &#8220;That&#8217;s so disrespectful. You are representing Islam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Muslim-girl-twerking-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Muslim-girl-twerking-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Muslim-girl-twerking-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Muslim-girl-twerking-1-300x401.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"in-article-image\" data-mod=\"image\" data-init=\"true\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The girl seemed to enjoying herself as she danced and sang to the music<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">(Photo: Facebook\/GoBrum)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But others came to her defence, saying &#8220;people shouldn&#8217;t be judgemental&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Muslim YouTuber Ali Dawah later posted a video about the controversy, that included an unseen female claiming to be the dancer speaking about what had happened.<\/p>\n<p>She said mental health problems mean she sometimes &#8220;doesn&#8217;t think straight&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;To all the girls that wear hijab and wear abayah, I&#8217;m sorry for disrespecting it. I&#8217;ve learnt from my mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The girl said she also suffered with depression and had only been practicing the religion for a short while.<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;It&#8217;s gone viral and I&#8217;m hurt. I want everybody to leave it alone and keep everything away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want it to be how it was and I am not going to do anything like that again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A girl, claiming to be the one in the video, later issued an apology on YouTube saying she didn&#8217;t mean to offend anyone A Muslim teenager has received sickening death threats after being filmed twerking with a masked man in the middle of a busy city centre. 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