Blond Texas Muslim woman accidentally gains huge ISIS following

A Texas Muslim woman who made a sarcastic tweet about Muslim stereotypes has gained a huge Twitter following — from supporters of the terrorist group, ISIS. A Texas Muslim woman who made a sarcastic tweet about Muslim stereotypes has gained a huge Twitter following — from supporters of the terrorist group, ISIS. Photo: Photo Via Twitter Photo: Photo Via Twitter Image 1 of / 18 Caption Close Blond Texas Muslim woman accidentally gains huge ISIS following 1 / 18 Back to Gallery

A Texas Muslim woman who made a sarcastic tweet about Muslim stereotypes has gained a huge Twitter following — from supporters of the terrorist group, ISIS.

Twitter users have employed the #MuslimApologies hashtag to sarcastically apologize for, well, everything. The hashtag is a tongue-in-cheek response to rhetoric demanding that Muslims worldwide publicly apologize for the ongoing violence perpetrated by the Islamic State, such as conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham's comments on her Aug. 11 show.

"And it would be nice if more in the Muslim world coming out and condemning what the Islamic State is doing. You're not hearing enough of those voices, if any. I mean, where are those people?" Ingraham said, according to the left-leaning Media Matters.

Jennifer Williams, a research assistant at the Center for Middle East Policy at the D.C-based policy center Brookings Institution, took to Twitter on Sept. 23, tweeting, "Sorry I read the Quran to learn abt terrorist beliefs but ended up converting to Islam b/c of what it said. #MuslimApologies #sorrynotsorry."

On the institution's Lawfare blog, Williams, a Muslim and former San Antonio resident, wrote that her Twitter following grew to more than 4,300 as of Thursday.

Many, she found, were supporters of ISIS, with photos in front of ISIS' black flag, and based in Saudi Arabia.

One ISIS supporter tweeted at Williams, "Why don't you resist the real terrorism and say #NoToAmerica the mother of terrorism. Isis (sic) is defending them selves (sic) only."

Williams tweeted Sept. 24 to clear the air.

"JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR: The tweet w/the pic of ISIS graffiti WAS NOT MEANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT OF ISIS. Can't believe I even have to say that."

On her blog, Williams lamented that because of her new followers, she "may never be able to get on an airplane again."

She continued, "I suppose it's best to just chalk the whole thing up to the random weirdness of Twitter. I'm sure in a few more days this will slow down and I'll once again recede into obscurity in the Saudi-Salafi-jihadi Twitterverse."

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