Muslim Student Heraa Hashmi Writes List Of Times Muslims Have Condemned Violence

It's 712 pages long, and counting.
Heraa Hashmi, 19, created an epic list of times Muslims have condemned violence
Heraa Hashmi, 19, created an epic list of times Muslims have condemned violence
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When Heraa Hashmi was asked by a classmate why Muslims ‘don’t condemn’ terrorist attacks linked to Islam, she began collating definitive proof that they do.

The 19-year-old Indian American Muslim dedicated three weeks to pulling together examples.

And the result was an epic list totalling some 5684 incidences, all sourced, where Muslims condemned violence, terror and other acts committed in the name of Islam.

Hashmi’s tweet announcing her work promptly went viral, gaining over 25,000 likes on Twitter by Thursday.

classmate: why dont muslims condemn things
me: *goes home makes 712 page long list of Muslims Condemning Things with sources*
me: fight me pic.twitter.com/sDhwUMIAK1

— Heraa Hashmi (@caveheraa) November 12, 2016

And as interest in her work exploded across Twitter, Hashmi shared her list to the world.

not even joking you can organize it by individual/org., location because we condemn worldwide and by Thing Condemnedhttps://t.co/GWEd43pBc4

— Heraa Hashmi (@caveheraa) November 12, 2016

The mammoth effort prompted developers to construct a website, making the spreadsheet easily searchable.

muslimscondemn.com

Hashmi, a student and author from Boulder, Colorado, told Buzzfeed News reaction had been positive.

ok but why heels why not heelys ~Dress from @kabayarefashion

A photo posted by Heraa Hashmi (@heraahashmi) on

She said: “The reaction has been mostly positive, from both the Muslim community and outside the Muslim community and I’m very grateful.

“Many people are glad that there’s a public source out there that is I think is one of the longest and most comprehensive lists of Muslim condemnations.”

And reaction on Twitter echoed this wonderfully.

@caveheraa Proud of you! Keep it up! And stay safe. ❤

— Ausma Zehanat Khan (@AusmaZehanat) November 13, 2016

@caveheraa hi, could you google share this list with me? This is AWESOME

— ♻️ (@alternifolium) November 13, 2016

@caveheraa wonderful and amazing.....I have this over and over again. Thank for the facts to back me up

— Rafia de Gama (@Rafeyah) November 16, 2016

@caveheraa Thank you so much for this. That's a whole ton of work but so much good can come from this.

— Brogan Luke Bouwhuis (@broganisms_) November 12, 2016

@caveheraa Would love to get my hands on this, if you don't mind sharing

— Zainab A (@ZainabA) November 12, 2016

@caveheraa i'm so sorry you had to spend your valuable time and energy doing this, but thank you for sharing.

— jacquelyn miller (@jacquimiller) November 13, 2016
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