Hello all,
I am looking to write an article but part of the subject matter is rather sensitive and not within my right to make a judgement on, as I am not Muslim. So I would like to ask your collective opinion.
The matter I am looking to write on is the social media platform, Tiktok. For those that are not familiar with it, it is a platform where people can post videos up to 60 seconds long, most of which consist of dancing, or lip-synching, or comedy skits. It is very popular among people of around 12-22 years of age (a personal approximation).
The reason I am seeking your advice is due to a controversy surrounding a popular user of the site, Nessa Barrett. Nessa Barrett is a 17-year-old girl from the US that has around 9 million followers on Tiktok and mostly posts videos of her dancing or lip-syncing to popular songs. In April, Nessa posted a video of her dancing provocatively to an audio clip of a man reciting passages of the Quran. While this is obviously inappropriate and downright offensive, Nessa has repeatedly apologized as she was unaware of the significance behind the sound and believed it to be a foreign song she had not heard of. Following the incident, Nessa received a lot of backlash from the Islamic and non-Islamic community for her insensitivity. While this is understandable, the backlash continues to this day, with common responses to her social media posts encouraging her to end her own life because of her mistake.
The reason I am asking for your collective opinion is that I personally do not believe the continuing backlash towards Nessa is warranted due to her repeated apologies and general lack of knowledge of the sound in question being the Quran. While her actions were misguided and undeniably ignorant, she has endured three months of individuals encouraging her to 'kill herself' over what I believe to be a genuine mistake. In comparison, prominent male users of Tiktok that have been recorded using racially offensive language have not received the same amount of backlash. I believe Nessa Barrett has been held at a much higher standard than her male peers for a genuine mistake.
I am asking your collective opinion because, as a non-Muslim, it is not my place to decide whether Nessa should be forgiven. I am looking to write an article on 'cancel culture' and the standards women are held to compared to men based on Nessa's situation, but I feel as if I should consult the Islamic community before I begin this process to gauge whether I am understating the impact of her actions.
I apologize if this is not the correct forum to post this, and I am thankful for those that read this in its entirety.
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