by Amaliah Team in Culture & Lifestyle on 27th March, 2018
We couldn’t let Muslim Women’s Day pass without crowning Nadiya Hussain, GBBO 2015 winner, as the queen of twitter clapbacks. If you aren’t following her on twitter, get on it. In between delicious brunch and dinner recipes, she’s responding to trolls, what’s not to love. When asked why she engages with them she said “Because if someone spoke to me or my family like that in person I would engage. It is no different here”.
From being told to go back home to telling her that her parenting is bad, she truly has heard it all. Here are just some of her thousands of clapbacks:
Have you not realised by now, that saying ‘go home’ is just not working any more. Go home to where ? I am home ? If you want to spew hatred atleast come up with something original I’m getting fed up of being told to go home! For the millionth time, I AM HOME! https://t.co/FRtOa3f4lc
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 23, 2018
2. When someone said Do not feed a troll
I’m not feeding a troll. Trolls are people like the rest of us. If they are capable of such nastiness they need to be put right. https://t.co/4o9Qbu4Eev
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) March 9, 2018
3. When someone called her a bad parent because her daughter thought boys were yucky
Because she is 7 and it’s totally normal. Don’t question my parenting ! Not now. Not ever ! https://t.co/5bt7Zsmbjy
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) March 8, 2018
4. When asked what the punishment for apostasy is
I don’t know. I don’t intend on leaving Islam anytime soon. https://t.co/nWHvr6Fzpo
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) February 19, 2018
5. When someone said exposing children to a religion is a crime
Are you for real? Have you seen the crimes that are committed that are left unpunished. Actual crime deserves actual punishment. If you think exposing children to religion is a crime, what next? Don’t be so ridiculous! https://t.co/1GqemvqkSw
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) February 19, 2018
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6. When a Muslim guy told her to just bake cakes and not talk about her faith
Judge my bakes?Who you? You sound like the kind of guy who’s never stepped foot in a kitchen. Do you get your Mum/sister/wife to cook for you and then proceed to tell them how badly they did it ? https://t.co/craoFwK0zG
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) February 18, 2018
7. When the same Muslim guy said she had ditched her hijab
Ditched the hijab ? If I cared about your judgment, I’d care about your words too and I don’t! https://t.co/vq8ogYRXTE
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 29, 2018
8. When someone said that they would never step foot in a mosque and wouldn’t let their kids either
That’s a shame.We are raising Muslim children&they love attending the church for Christingle https://t.co/Wack6UgYLh makes them appreciate their religion as well as other religions around https://t.co/eoQEOf3QC6 know they won’t turn into Muslims if they attend, right? https://t.co/M1unfOMxhm
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) February 17, 2018
9. Some of her clapbacks result in a deletion of the original tweet like this one
Let’s face it none of us want to hug ISIS. Sounds like you could do with a hug though https://t.co/Xk06gOdhWF
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 26, 2018
10. When someone asked her about her Britishness
No answer I give will ever be good enough for you. No answer I give will ever be enough to prove my Britishness. Don’t think I don’t see it when the rug is trying to be pulled from under me. I don’t need to prove anything to anyone. Not not ever ! https://t.co/4wspftV7sK
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 25, 2018
11. And this one
You’re right. I am not white. We have established that you are not colour blind. You make your point. I hear it loud and clear. I am not white. But you my fellow human are blind … https://t.co/cQlw5NYR83
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 25, 2018
12. On why she won’t “ignore it”
I understand it comes from a good place when people say ‘just ignore it’. We get nowhere by shutting up and putting up. ‘Ignore it and it will go away’, that’s what all the teachers said. No it won’t. I won’t shut up. I won’t put up and no I will not ignore it!
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 23, 2018
13. When someone said she doesn’t belong here because her home is where she “ethnically and religiously belongs”
I will tell you what does not belong in this country,your putrid smelling holier than thou attitude!My grandad was beaten in the streets, spat at and kicked on so we could have a better life. If he drew blood for us I can take your nasty words. Do your damage! Go on … https://t.co/UXr3U5m2vg
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 23, 2018
14. When someone said the underlying doctrines of Islam is harmful
Perhaps we should looks closer to home and worry about the joke that is our government at the moment. Religion is a beautiful thing, harmful people with backward thoughts are the ones that destroy humanity. https://t.co/2zPBkHSuIY
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 22, 2018
15. on what happens if someone takes her hijab off
No I won’t die if a man sees my hair ! How old are you? What are you going to do, pull my hair and run ? https://t.co/Xfka6Keh4r
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) January 21, 2018
16. When someone told her that her eyebrows were too blunt and wide and that she should get them professionally shaped
Im tweeting about asthma and how to stay well. In what universe do you think it’s okay to tell anyone, how they groom? That’s not what this tweet is about. I don’t shape my eyebrows because I like them as they are! Let’s promote and encourage self love and individuality. https://t.co/nLvHjeiNhN
— Nadiya Jamir Hussain (@BegumNadiya) December 16, 2017
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