Islam Is Right About Women
Part of a series on It's Okay to Be White. [View Related Entries]
About
Islam Is Right About Women refers to a slogan devised by anonymous users of 4chan's /pol/ board highlighting the perceived contradiction between feminism and Muslim fundamentalism. The slogan gained recognition online after posters containing the phrase appeared in Winchester, Massachusetts, in mid-September 2019, causing reactions of confusion among the local residents.
Origin
On September 3rd, 2019, an anonymous 4chan user suggested using "Islam Is Right About Women" statement in order to challenge worldviews held by members of the left (post shown below).[1] The post and replies suggested that posters containing the slogan should be placed outside in order to prompt reactions from the passers-by and attract media attention, similar to Halloween 2018 It's Okay to Be White poster campaign.
Spread
In the following days, multiple threads supporting the idea and/or proposing alternative slogans for the poster were posted on /pol/ (examples shown below).[2]
On September 18th, 2019, Winchester, Massachusetts, local news TV station Boston 25 News reported that signs reading "Islam Is Right About Women" were sighted in the town in the previous days,[3] with more local news outlets reporting on the posters in the following days. In the reports, multiple people responded they had trouble interpreting the meaning of the posters. On September 19th, YouTube user zyntrax posted a compliation of the reports.[4]
It's either about women, it's either about Islam. I'm not really sure what point they were trying to make, but either way, it was terrible.
Following the news reports, multiple posts celebrating the success of the stunt were posted on 4chan,[5] with some suggesting that a larger-scale poster campaign based on the slogan should be held on October 31st, 2019.[6]
Search Interest
External References
[1] 4chan – /pol/ Thread #225363843
[2] 4chan – /pol/ Thread
[3] Boston 25 News – 'Islam is right about women': Odd signs spark confusion in local town
[4] YouTube – 'Islam Is Right About Women' Posters Spark Outrage & Confusion
[5] 4chan – /pol/ Thread #227505215
[6] 4chan – /pol/ Thread #227794936