So That Happened

<p>Last month, a man in the UK was sentenced to six months in jail after he attacked a Muslim teen with a piece of bacon.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">British man jailed after hitting a Muslim teen with a slab of bacon after hurling insults at her and her mother <a href="https://t.co/ISUX4BdQ3g">https://t.co/ISUX4BdQ3g</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZZHLjvB8Gz">pic.twitter.com/ZZHLjvB8Gz</a></p>&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/881019045335769089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>According to <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hitting-muslim-woman-bacon-lands-uk-man-jail/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_content=5957308904d3015fa801f1a9&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter">CBS News</a>, 36-year-old Alex Shivers approached the teen and her mother, hurling Islamophobic insults at them before striking the teen with a slab of bacon. (Muslims often abstain from eating pork for religious reasons.)</p><p>It&#39;s upsetting that truly idiotic acts of Islamophobia like this one take place on a daily basis, but luckily, people in the Muslim community have been able to find some levity in them.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Iyad el-Baghdadi, an Arab Spring activist and Islamic libertarian, is one of those people.</p><p>After catching wind of the &quot;bacon attack&quot; story on Saturday, el-Baghdadi posted the following tweet informing would-be attackers that he finds delicious cheesecake *extremely* offensive.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m the kind of Muslim for whom cheesecake is very haram. It will really offend me if you throw cheesecake at me. DM for street address. <a href="https://t.co/nFoCc0JY23">https://t.co/nFoCc0JY23</a></p>&mdash; İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) <a href="https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/881020635484307457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>He then pointed out the specific flavors of cheesecake that would really throw him over the edge.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Coffee cheesecake is really haram for me. Also blueberry cheesecake is absolutely blasphemous.</p>&mdash; İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) <a href="https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/881021818970161154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Other users made sure people were aware of what desserts they would be terribly offended by.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is knafe more haram or Hungarian-style yeasted ricotta cake?</p>&mdash; Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/881112886256521218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Enkababu/status/881027146713640960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fmuslim-perfect-response-to-bacon-attack-teen-cheesecake-twitter-7819061</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And chocolate truffles, I&#39;m absolutely terrified of chocolate truffles.</p>&mdash; 🍂Sarwat🍁Ahmad🍂 (@sweetanmad) <a href="https://twitter.com/sweetanmad/status/881029259946594304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Some people opted to skip the dessert, but offered up other suggestions of things that may offend them.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not muslim but being fed single peeled grapes one at a time while reclining on a couch is very forbidden for me</p>&mdash; 🏳️‍🌈Spacedad or whatever🏳️‍🌈 (@SuperSpacedad) <a href="https://twitter.com/SuperSpacedad/status/881032951093379072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">shish kababs and Afghan naan are haram for me. So please Portland white supremacists throw them at me.</p>&mdash; Aria Ahrary (@aria_ahrary) <a href="https://twitter.com/aria_ahrary/status/881281690995273728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My religion forbids people to throw money at me. (Worth a try)</p>&mdash; Jean le Saboteur (@banndit78) <a href="https://twitter.com/banndit78/status/881173667400515588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Some rightfully wondered what Islamophobes&#39; fixation with bacon is. People had their theories.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/SoundscapesUK/status/881058576688611328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fmuslim-perfect-response-to-bacon-attack-teen-cheesecake-twitter-7819061</oembed><p>This guy pretty much nailed it.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The British man is disgusting but the only way to proceed is by mocking. I salute you sir. Money works as cheesecake substitute <br>✔️</p>&mdash; Allan W. Gregory (@awg_allan) <a href="https://twitter.com/awg_allan/status/881143732405497857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Muslim man perfectly mocks guy who attacked a teen with a piece of bacon.

Last month, a man in the UK was sentenced to six months in jail after he attacked a Muslim teen with a piece of bacon.British man jailed after hitting a Muslim teen with a slab of bacon after hurling insults at her and her mother https://t.co/ISUX4BdQ3g pic.twitter.com/ZZHLjvB8Gz&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) July 1, 2017 According to CBS News, 36-year-old Alex Shivers approached the teen and her mother, hurling Islamophobic insults at them before striking the teen with a slab of bacon. (Muslims often abstain from eating pork for religious reasons.)It&#39;s upsetting that truly idiotic acts of Islamophobia like this one take place on a daily basis, but luckily, people in the Muslim community have been able to find some levity in them.Iyad el-Baghdadi, an Arab Spring activist and Islamic libertarian, is one of those people.After catching wind of the &quot;bacon attack&quot; story on Saturday, el-Baghdadi posted the following tweet informing would-be attackers that he finds delicious cheesecake *extremely* offensive.I&#39;m the kind of Muslim for whom cheesecake is very haram. It will really offend me if you throw cheesecake at me. DM for street address. https://t.co/nFoCc0JY23&mdash; İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 1, 2017 He then pointed out the specific flavors of cheesecake that would really throw him over the edge.Coffee cheesecake is really haram for me. Also blueberry cheesecake is absolutely blasphemous.&mdash; İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 1, 2017 Other users made sure people were aware of what desserts they would be terribly offended by.Is knafe more haram or Hungarian-style yeasted ricotta cake?&mdash; Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) July 1, 2017 https://twitter.com/Enkababu/status/881027146713640960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fmuslim-perfect-response-to-bacon-attack-teen-cheesecake-twitter-7819061And chocolate truffles, I&#39;m absolutely terrified of chocolate truffles.&mdash; 🍂Sarwat🍁Ahmad🍂 (@sweetanmad) July 1, 2017 Some people opted to skip the dessert, but offered up other suggestions of things that may offend them.Not muslim but being fed single peeled grapes one at a time while reclining on a couch is very forbidden for me&mdash; 🏳️‍🌈Spacedad or whatever🏳️‍🌈 (@SuperSpacedad) July 1, 2017 shish kababs and Afghan naan are haram for me. So please Portland white supremacists throw them at me.&mdash; Aria Ahrary (@aria_ahrary) July 1, 2017 My religion forbids people to throw money at me. (Worth a try)&mdash; Jean le Saboteur (@banndit78) July 1, 2017 Some rightfully wondered what Islamophobes&#39; fixation with bacon is. People had their theories.https://twitter.com/SoundscapesUK/status/881058576688611328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Farticle%2Fmuslim-perfect-response-to-bacon-attack-teen-cheesecake-twitter-7819061This guy pretty much nailed it.The British man is disgusting but the only way to proceed is by mocking. I salute you sir. Money works as cheesecake substitute ✔️&mdash; Allan W. Gregory (@awg_allan) July 1, 2017 

Last month, a man in the UK was sentenced to six months in jail after he attacked a Muslim teen with a piece of bacon.    According to CBS News, 36-year-old Alex Shivers approached the teen and her mother, hurling Islamophobic insults at...