In the wake of Friday’s Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror attack that targeted six sites in Paris and left at least 129 people dead, Muslims around the world have taken to Twitter to denounce the group’s actions.
The #NotInMyName hashtag first surfaced in September via a campaign from the Active Change Foundation that featured young Muslims sounding off against ISIS. On Friday, it was revived to make it clear that terrorism and Islam are not intertwined. Here are a few representative tweets from the conversation.
Islam is a religion of peace. Terrorism has no place in the Muslim faith. #NotInMyName pic.twitter.com/Qyf0KCfnul
— Emine Rose Mutlu (@eminerosemutlu) November 15, 2015
A terrorist cannot be a muslim, a muslim cannot be a terrorist. #Paris #notinmyname
— Artık şehit olmyckmş (@ysalimoglu) November 13, 2015
This is not Islam and these attackers do not follow the beliefs of any religion. The ideology of terrorists is hate. #paris #notinmyname
— Suhail Mohammed (@shadowwraiths) November 14, 2015
Terrorists are hijacking my faith and using the name of my God to commit acts of violence. #NotInMyName #Paris
— Adham Sahloul (@adhamsahloul) November 13, 2015
(H/t The Huffington Post)