Jihadi John TikTok Edits
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Jihadi John TikTok Edits refers to a series of stylistic video edits and fancams of deceased ISIL member Jihadi John, often sourced from his beheading videos and footage alluding to his death by a drone strike. The edits were popularized on TikTok in September 2023 and spread to sites like Twitter. While some of the videos celebrate the death of Jihadi John, others are more ambiguous and ironic in tone.
Origin
Mohammed Emwazi, nicknamed "Jihadi John," was a British member of the terrorist organization ISIL who became known for his appearances in beheading videos. He gained his nickname from a group of hostages, who referred to him and the three other members of his ISIL group as "The Beatles" for their British accents, with "John" being a reference to John Lennon. Jihadi John was killed on November 12th, 2015, at 27 years old by a drone strike.[1]
In mid-2023, TikTokers began to post stylized edits using footage and images of Jihadi John, including images of John as a child. it is unclear who started the trend, but one of the earliest known edits was posted by TikToker[2] @shhrug.fx_islamic on June 10th, 2023, garnering over 101,000 views in three months (shown below). The user's account description reads, "I don't support is!s."
@shhrug.fx_islamic
Spread
The trend became increasingly popularized over the following months, seeing a peak in September 2023. On July 28th, 2023, TikToker[3] @christianprincedestroys posted an edit celebrating Jihadi John's death, garnering over 200,000 views in two months (shown below, left). On August 30th, TikToker[4] @vxckenn posted an edit that gained over 464,000 views in a week (shown below, right).
@christianprincedestroys L him #jihadijohnL #drone #dronebetterthenjihadijone ♬ Originalton – Ιησούς Χριστός✝️🇻🇦
@vxckenn i maked another 1 lol #makemefamousagainlol #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #xyzbca #trending #arab #jihadijohn ♬ original sound – Kenn.
On August 31st, TikToker[5] @gh05txpro posted a glow up edit comparing a childhood photo of John to an adult photo, writing in the description, "bro had a glow up🗣🔥" garnering over 600,000 views in six days (shown below).
@gh05txpro bro had a glow up🗣🔥#jihandijohn #xyzbca #spxilers #viral #slideshow #fyp #tiktok ♬ LOVELY BASTARDS – ZWE1HVNDXR & yatashigang
On the same day, TikToker[6] @boy_viralscenes13 posted a version of the trend that gained over 2.1 million views in six days, also providing John's lore in the description (shown below, left). On September 1st, two of the edits were shared on Twitter[7][8] by users @G_xvyy and @hannibaldelarge. On September 2nd, TikToker[9] @v.o.i.d.z posted an edit that gained over 1.4 million views in four days (shown below, right).
@boy_viralscenes13 jihadi john explain Context: The world knows him as "Jihadi John," the masked man with a British accent who has beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State and who taunts audiences in videos circulated widely online. But his real name, according to friends and others familiar with his case, is Mohammed Emwazi, a Briton from a well-to-do family who grew up in West London and graduated from college with a degree in computer programming. He is believed to have traveled to Syria around 2012 and to have later joined the Islamic State, the group whose barbarity he has come to symbolize. Nevertheless, the identity of Jihadi John has remained shrouded in secrecy. Since Foley's killing, he has appeared in a series of videos documenting the gruesome killings of other hostages, including four other Westerners, some of whom he personally beheaded. In each, he is dressed in all black, a balaclava covering all but his eyes and the ridge of his nose. He wears a holster under his left arm. On 12 November 2015, U.S. officials reported that Emwazi had been hit by a drone strike in Raqqa, Syria. His death was confirmed by ISIL in January 2016. #fyp #foryou #jihadijohn #algorithm #viral ♬ original sound – VidZMAN
@v.o.i.d.z rest in peace and may god have mercy on your soul🙏#fyp #trending #edit #fypシ゚ #trend #xyzbca #military #drone #jihandijohn ♬ LOVELY BASTARDS – ZWE1HVNDXR & yatashigang
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@monarch_of_mapalaya drone 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑#history #meme #fyp #xyz #jihadijohn #drone #usaf #usairforce #unitedstatesairforce #mq9reaper #mq9 #dronestrike ♬ LOVELY BASTARDS – ZWE1HVNDXR & yatashigang
@futbolforlifeandforever Mohammed Emwazi such ad Jhadi John Murder Alot of Christian And Recorded videos of him m** them
@bobby3128 @L1z4rds0ldi4r thanks for the clips #CapCut #viral #jihandijohn #new #fyp ♬ original sound – VIVA M3X1C0
@zero_barca This guy is called “jihadi john” he was exucted by an american drone for killing dozen of inncocent people #fyp#football#footballtiktok#fifa#fifa23#islam#islamic#drone#american#syria#war#viral#trending ♬ original sound – 𝑰𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄.𝑻𝒖̈𝒓𝒌🇹🇷
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External References
[1] BBC – Who were the jihadists nicknamed the Islamic State 'Beatles'
[3] TikTok – christianprincedestroys
[6] TikTok – boy_viralscenes13
[8] Twitter – hannibaldelarge
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