Robbie Travers is being looked into following claims he committed a ‘hate crime’, despite there being no criminal investigation by police. (Picture: Adam Keiller)

An Edinburgh University student is under investigation after allegedly mocking ISIS on social media.

Robbie Travers is being investigated following claims he committed a ‘hate crime’, despite there being no criminal investigation by police.

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The 21-year-old, who is in his third-year of a law degree, wrote a Facebook post after the US Air Force bombed an ISIS stronghold in Afghanistan in April.

He wrote: ‘I’m glad we could bring these barbarians a step closer to collecting their 72 virgins’.


But his comments led to a complaint by fellow students who accused him of ‘blatant Islamaphobia’.

Robbie, a law student at Edinburgh University, has been accused of ‘blatant Islamaphobia’. (Picture: Edinburgh University)

Writing on Facebook yesterday, he said: ‘Afraid I’ve been a little more quiet as I have been accused of Islamophobia because I mocked ISIS, and I’m being investigated on such a ground by my University.

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‘Mocking ISIS allegedly made Islamic and minority students feel ‘threatened’ and ‘unsafe,’ so goes the complainant’s ramblings.



‘Have engaged legal advice to dismiss this nonsense. Wish me luck.’

A spokesman for Edinburgh University told Metro.co.uk: ‘We are committed to providing an environment in which all members of the University community treat each other with dignity and respect. Our Code of Student Conduct sets out clear expectations of behaviour.

‘We can confirm that complaints alleging misconduct have been received against Mr Travers and these are being investigated. It is, however, untrue to suggest that Mr Travers is ‘under investigation’ for ‘mocking ISIS’.’

A previous version of this article stated that Esme Allman, a student at Edinburgh university, had accused Robbie Travers of mocking Isis and being Islamophobic in a complaint to the university. We have since been made aware that although she did complain about Mr Travers, the wording of her particular complaint did not contain these phrases attributed to her. We are happy to set the record straight and apologise for the distress and embarrassment caused to Ms Allman.

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