{"id":23527,"date":"2013-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/23527\/femens-topless-jihad-movement-causes-backlash-from-muslim-community"},"modified":"2023-08-30T07:36:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:36:44","slug":"femens-topless-jihad-movement-causes-backlash-from-muslim-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/23527\/femens-topless-jihad-movement-causes-backlash-from-muslim-community\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMEN&#8217;s Topless Jihad Movement Causes Backlash From Muslim Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSo we won\u2019t be needing any of that, \u2018White-non-Muslim-women-saving-Muslim-women-from-Muslim-men\u2019 crap!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/23527.png\"><\/p>\n<p>  After last week&#8217;s controversial campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/23501\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Topless Jihad Day&#8217;<\/a>, (instigated by Ukraine-based feminist group FEMEN) took to social media platforms like fire, Muslimahs everywhere hastily responded with a campaign of their own.<\/p>\n<p>  Documented by tumblr account <a href=\"https:\/\/badassmuslimahs.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Badass Muslimahs<\/a>, the impromptu reaction brought with it a torrent of photos of Hijabis, Niqabis, and Muslims who chose not to wear either, all with signs proclaiming their freedom of choice. 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