A poorly timed social experiment video where the public reaction to an 'Islamic' versus a 'Christian' terrorist is put to test is receiving an angry backlash online, after it was published the day after the shootings in Orlando.

Controversial YouTube prankster Joey Salads posted shocking footage showing a man in a thawb running past people yelling 'Allahu Akbar' and flinging a silver case at their feet.

Their terrified reactions are wildly different to when another man wearing a t-shirt does the same thing, but says 'Praise Jesus' instead.

Shocking: A social experiment video tests the public's reactions to an 'Islamic' and 'Christian' terrorist

This is apparently supposed to show 'people act different when there's an Islamic terrorist versus when there's a Christian terrorist.'

Yet the video has sparked an outrage online, particularly after famous YouTuber Yousef Erakat, better known as FouseyTube, attacked the video on social media.

Many commenters on the footage, which now has its likes and dislikes switched off, were appalled that the 'Islamic terrorist' is being simply depicted as someone who wears cultural clothing.

Worse still, most have questioned Joey's decision to publish the experiment just one day after the Orlando shootings.

From a search of the video's metadata it is clear the prankster tagged his video with 'Orlando shooting,' 'Orlando gay club' and 'Orlando massacre'.

Outraged viewers are saying he was trying to use the horrific Florida shootings, which have left 49 people dead, to get views and make money from his channel.

A man in a thawb yells Allahu Akbar throwing a case at peoples' feet in a video uploaded by controversial YouTuber Joey Salads

The public are shown to be very scared by the 'Islamic' terrorist and this man runs away in terror

In fact the torrent of vitriol has been so strong Joey posted that he is now donating the money the video makes to the victims and families of the tragedy.

Under the video he wrote: 'Seems people are disliking before understanding the concept of this video.

'This video shouldn't offend anyone, it simply opens up a dialogue to a tragedy. This video will raise questions to why certain things happen, watch the WHOLE video to understand.'

Then a man in a t-shirt does the same but says 'Praise Jesus' instead before sprinting off down the road

But this time round members of the public are not as frightened and most of them do not run away scared

But many, including, Yousef, are unconvinced by Joey's sincerity.

In his own video attacking the experiment the Palestinian-American, who has well over 11million subscribers, blasted 'one of the most disgusting videos ever uploaded to YouTube'.

He said: 'I'm sick and tired of people relating the word terrorist to Islam in any way shape or form.

'Why is the Christian in your experiment dressed in normal clothing,' he added.

Many have been outraged by the timing of the upload after Joey posted it the day after the shootings in Orlando

'If you were going to say anything and you wanted to push a stereotype have the other character dress as KKK and now tell me it's okay.'

The argument between the two spilled over onto Twitter, where Joey, from New York, said he was receiving 'massive amounts of death threats from Muslims who follow FouseyTube'.

Yousef had earlier reposted his video, writing: 'These are the kind of people that need to be banned from YouTube. Disgusting.'

Famous YouTuber Yousef Erakat, known as FouseyTube, slammed the video on his social media channels

Many commenters have joined him up in arms over the video.

One viewer wrote: 'Wow lost all respect for u Joey actually used to watch your videos. '

And on Facebook, where the video has over three million views and 24,000 shares, another posted: 'This is insane, and a horrible experiment.

'The Muslim man was running aggressively and practically throwing that box at people, whereas the Christian man calmly dropped it at people's feet.

Joey used tags such as 'Orlando gay club' and 'Orlando massacre' in the video because he says 'now is a relevant time for this topic of discussion'

'Of course people are going to run when you aggressively throw something at them! It really doesn't matter what religion you are!'

Joey defended the experiment saying it was 'not an attack on Islam, I was comparing how people react to Islam Extremists vs Christian Extremists. Key word EXTREMISTS, not ALL.

'I was simply opening up a dialogue for why people see terrorism in that way, and how they prejudge.

'I was not promoting my agenda, simply leaving it open for discussion, to get people talking,' he added.

'I apologize if it was too soon cause of the Orlando Shooting, but I had this video filmed for months and I figured now is a relevant time for this topic of discussion.'

But many people have questioned such an approach and some have even set up a petition to ban his channel from YouTube

Yet incensed by the timing of the upload, some viewers have even set up a petition to ban Joey's channel from YouTube.

In a twitter video Joey responded to such claims: 'To the people saying all I want to do is profit off the Orlando shooting because of two f****** tags that I use, then that logic goes for everybody.

'All the news, all the political people, and every video on YouTube that uses the tags Orlando shooting.

'They shall all be crucified due to that logic. And if you think it's offensive to address a real life issue when it happens, then throw your cable box out because every news channel does it.'

And it is not the first time the YouTube star has been slammed online for his bizarre social experiments.

The 22-year-old came under attack in April for wearing fake boobs, a wig and a dress to pose as a 'transgender' woman who walks into a women's restroom.

Instead of enlisting an actual Trans woman, he dressed in drag, donning a cheap blonde wig and ill-fitting clothes.

The actor has recently written that his family's details have been hacked online, and claims that his life is now in danger due to the 'hate' coming from FouseyTube.