This morning’s bomb attacks in Brussels have prompted reactions of shock and outrage across social media. Muslims have begun to feel the wrath of some, with the #StopIslam hashtag is trending worldwide.
Three bomb attacks at the city’s Zaventem International Airport and Maelbeek metro station have reportedly killed at least 34 people.
Many Twitter users are turning to the microblogging site to vent their anger and frustration over the attacks. Rather than focus on those who caused the carnage in Brussels, some are hitting out at all Muslims through the #StopIslam hashtag.
https://twitter.com/miltonmar91/status/712262513816170496
https://twitter.com/VictorEriceira/status/710537295741493248
https://twitter.com/yueyuea/status/711627699207462913
https://twitter.com/TrishaJoix/status/711627585856274432
Many people, though, are using the hashtag as a way of condemning what they see as Islamophobia, ignorance and bigotry:
https://twitter.com/toxicsxnity/status/712252131038904320
Wtf is this hashtag #stopislam we should trend instead #stopignorance terrorism has no religion
— noelle (@ztargirI) March 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/GroupAnon/status/712261837794971648
#StopIslam This hashtag is pathetic. Terrorism has no place in Islam. Please educate yourselves. pic.twitter.com/qCy310khv6
— . (@Samira_Hass) March 22, 2016
