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On Tuesday, one of the world's most beloved comedians Robin Williams passed away that shocked and saddened his fans everywhere.
While social media was abuzz with the celebrations of Williams' contribution as a comedic genius, there was one uncanny Williams' fan who stood out.
A Twitter user by the name of Abdullah with the handle @Mujahid4life, who is Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) member, took his precious time away from extremist propaganda and tweeted the following
"Good movie. Loved it as a kid."
That someone who follows Islamic fundamentalism which shuns and abhors everything about Western culture took several on the social media by shock, disbelief, even surprise.
Abdullah probably missed the irony and found reactions to his tweet rather funny.
@ghazishami they think i grew up somewhere in a mud hut so i never saw a movie whereas i've seen most of the flicks they ask. lol
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
While acknowledging his childhood love for the movie, Abdullah made it clear where he stands on Robin Williams. There was no evident conflict about his jihadist views and childlike wonder for films.
#RobinWilliams is dead? Weird. Grew up watching his movies.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 11, 2014
Don't make dua for a dead kafir. Just don't. It's haram. Big time. Allah forbade it in Surah Tawbah. End of debate.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 11, 2014
Those of you who say "RIP" to #RobinWilliams check out what he said about Islam. http://t.co/LeT8pz2GZK May Allah make him burn.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
However, pretty soon, discussions on popular films between other Twitter users including fellow Islamic fundamentalists and him began as effortlessly and naturally it happens with any other film buffs. Abdullah responded to almost every film query.
From Toy Story,
@BaqiyyahQawiyya was one of my favorite kids when i was a kid, liked 2 as well, haven't seen 3
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
To everyone's favourite Harry Potter
@Adam_Mch @peter0_ i always liked harry the most, nowadays i really dont watch or read that stuff, they have magic in them
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
What he thought of famous psychopathic characters
@andrewcamera yeah, tbh i felt he did the best joker on screen, deserved the oscar
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
On Schindler's list
@nushuktan @ghazishami it was ok, like i said i watched like 50%, not all of it
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
The 'jihadist' seemed like quite a fan of rom-coms too
@natalieScox but i mean normal ones like P.S I love you and stuff like that. it's a good flick.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
Some questions were just to obvious
Someone asked me if I liked Brokeback Mountain. Seriously guys? I'm an "radical extremist islamist" I don't watch gay films.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
Abdullah still couldn't fathom why jihadists couldn't be Hollywood consumers too
Ok, seriously. You who've asked me movie questions for the last 3 hours is it so hard to imagine I 1) support #IS & jihad? 2) watch movies?
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
And he couldn't believe the kind of attention he was receiving.
@mujahid4life Hello, would you be happy to speak to BBC News about Jumanji? Please DM me a number if so.
— Sam Judah (@samjudah) August 12, 2014
#PRT - what the heck, they want to get me on BBC to talk about a Robin Williams film.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
Looking for a jihadist who is a movie critic? The search is over
Well, if this career as a jihadi/activist doesn't kick off, looks like I'll be a movie critic.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
But he remembered his true calling
I'm an activist first and foremost, guys.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
Now I'm actually worried that people will start to follow me because they wanna hear about my favorite movies instead of reporting jihad.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
So why can a jihadist love Hollywood? Why not?
Ok, seriously. You who've asked me movie questions for the last 3 hours is it so hard to imagine I 1) support #IS & jihad? 2) watch movies?
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
Okay guys, taking a few hours off, you can leave any movie-related questions to my press secretary @ghazishami (he works for free). Salam.
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
It turned out that our hardcore jihadist, is an armchair jihadist, who tweets on 'news' about ISIS
@cerealphreak @jihadwartracker well, technically i'm a member of IS by having bay'ah to the caliph and i rate movies, but i'm not a fighter
— Abdullah (@mujahid4life) August 12, 2014
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