{"id":13348,"date":"2017-12-22T13:13:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T07:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?p=13348"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:03:54","slug":"qasim-rashid-a-bigot-challenged-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/qasim-rashid-a-bigot-challenged-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Qasim Rashid: &#8216;A bigot challenged me to &#8220;Show him the Christian terrorist attacks.&#8221; So I did.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The following, not unlike the content of the blog post&nbsp;<a title=\"Permanent Link to \u201cWhy do rural poor Americans vote against their economic interest?\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/why-do-rural-poor-americans-vote-against-their-economic-interest\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhy do rural poor Americans vote against their economic interest?\u201d<\/a>, when I had come across the first time around, I thought I had saved the link for reproduction, as a blog post, at a later date! But it turned out, I hadn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, I came across it today in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/a-troll-demanded-a-muslim-man-show-examples-of-christian-terrorists-he-delivered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Upworthy<\/em> article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the tweet to begin with. (Incidentally, this is the second series of Rashid&#8217;s tweets, after <a title=\"Permanent Link to \u201cMen Observe Hijab?\u201d Yes!\" href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/men-observe-hijab-yes\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMen Observe Hijab?\u201d Yes!<\/a>, that I have reproduced.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote twitter-tweet tw-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarchAgainstSharia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MarchAgainstSharia<\/a> bigot challenged me to &#8220;Show him the Christian terrorist attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I did.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CounterACThate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CounterACThate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0c8FFfgWQd\">pic.twitter.com\/0c8FFfgWQd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuslimIQ\/status\/873641452827537408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 10, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here are the images, taken from the <em>Upworthy<\/em> article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-2-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-3-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/show-me-christian-terrorists-4.jpg 700w, 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