In a tweet linking to a report on the NFL's declining television ratings for the annual championship game, Breitbart satirized a future in which the Super Bowl was no longer held, claiming that it was because of a rising influence of Islam in the U.S. | TImothy A. Clary/Getty Images Breitbart deletes tweet suggesting Muslims will bring down the Super Bowl

Breitbart News on Monday deleted an incendiary tweet suggesting that Muslims would bring an end to the Super Bowl, saying it “did not meet our editorial standards.”

In a post linking to a report on the National Football League’s declining television ratings for the annual championship game, the far-right website satirized a future in which the Super Bowl was no longer held, claiming that it was because of a rising influence of Islam in the U.S.


The tweet featured an imagined conversation between a Muslim grandfather and his grandchild in which the child asks, “Grampa, what’s a Super Bowl?”

The grandfather then replies to “lil Muhammad” that “back when the kuffar ran things, they stitched up filthy pig skins, moved them around painted lines, and shoved each other.”

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“Kuffar” is a derogatory term in Arabic for non-Muslims, and the “filthy pig skins” is a reference to restrictions on pork consumption in Islam. Breitbart News makes frequent references to both terms in its social media coverage of Muslims.

The tweet, which was originally posted at 10:25 p.m. on Sunday, was deleted more than 12 hours later.

“We have deleted a tweet that did not meet our editorial standards,” the outlet tweeted.

The post was widely criticized online as racist and Islamophobic, with social media users hammering the website for its rhetoric on Islam.

Breitbart News has frequently received criticism for its coverage of Muslims, which critics have decried as inflammatory and bigoted. Last year, one of its editors was fired for saying “there would be no deadly terror attacks in the U.K. if Muslims didn’t live there.”

