Newsweek Muslim Rage Cover Inspires Parodies

Humor--the smart way to handle blatant ignorance.

By Jorge Rivas Sep 17, 2012

Minutes after Newsweek tweeted its controversial "Muslim Rage" cover and their own suggested #MuslimRage Twitter hashtag the internet fought back. Some users are even creating their own parody covers. First things first, though. The Newsweek story is nothing to laugh about. [Think Progress points out that the author of the story Ayaan Hirsi Ali has made controversial statements about Muslims in the past.](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/17/857611/newsweek-muslim-rage-islamophobic/) > In a 2007 interview with Reason Magazine, Hirsi Ali called for Islam to be "defeated." The interviewer asked: "Don’t you mean defeating radical Islam?" Hirsi Ali replied bluntly: "No. Islam, period. Once it’s defeated, it can mutate into something peaceful. It’s very difficult to even talk about peace now. They’re not interested in peace." "The imagery is extremely unhelpful to say the least. It is an extremely small fraction of the Muslim world that is acting out. For a legitimate, mainstream publication to portray the situation as "Muslim Rage" — as if this is a vast and widespread response among the all adherents of this religion — is only feeding this "clash of civilizations" mentality that is extremely unhelpful," Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the Jerusalem Fund told Politico. Check out the Twitter community response below: