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Ordinary Muslim Man
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About
Ordinary Muslim Man is an advice animal image macro series featuring a smiling man wearing a Muslim taqiyah hat. The images are typically accompanied by bait-and switch captions with an initial statement that can be perceived as anti-American, followed by a phrase the renders the statement innocuous (see also Successful Black Man).
Origin
The photo originated from an iStockPhoto[1] entry submitted by Pakistani photographer Aman Khan in March 2007. While the name of the model is not listed, tags on the photo set indicate that the man may be a fifty-year-old Pashtun Muslim. On January 4th, 2011, Redditor hi7en submitted the image with the caption "I am da bomb / at making falafels" in a post titled "Introducing ordinary Muslim man."[6] The thread received a total of 454 up votes prior to being archived.
![stock-photo-3028418-muslim-old-man.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/196/894/stock-photo-3028418-muslim-old-man.jpg?1320714940)
![OMMlolsnaps.jpg LAMI DA BOMB AT MAKING FALAFELS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/196/448/OMMlolsnaps.jpg?1320640018)
Spread
On January 7th, 2011, the image was posted to Demotivers.com[2] and the "Heck Yeah Ordinary Muslim Guy" Tumblr[5] was created. Additional derivatives can be found on Quickmeme[3], BuzzFeed[4], Meme Generator[8] and on Tumblr under the tag "ordinary muslim man."[9] A Facebook[6] fan page has 61 likes as of November 2011.
Notable Examples
![10824957.jpg 72 VIRGINS WENT TO A STAR TREK neme generator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/196/103/10824957.jpg?1320599915)
![tumblr_lemovnL2rt1qasnpdo1_500.jpg I DID 9-11 A FAVOR BY CALLING THENON EMERGENCYLINE mernegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/196/100/tumblr_lemovnL2rt1qasnpdo1_500.jpg?1320599810)
![tumblr_leny89ZN6g1qg6n8do1_500.jpg UNMARRIED WOMEN SHOULD BE COVERED BY HEALTHINSURANCE, FUCKREPUBLICANS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/196/088/tumblr_leny89ZN6g1qg6n8do1_500.jpg?1320599352)
![my-wife-is-my-property-management-specialist-at-my-real-estate-office.jpg MY WIFE IS MY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST AT MYREAL ESTATE OFFICE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/195/834/my-wife-is-my-property-management-specialist-at-my-real-estate-office.jpg?1320562579)
![tumblr_leqahiCFpT1qg6n8do1_500.jpg IBEHEAD IN OUT SOON mermegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/196/041/tumblr_leqahiCFpT1qg6n8do1_500.jpg?1320597505)
![tumblr_lenyey0yjV1qg6n8do1_500.jpg STONED HER IMEAN I'M A STONER, SHEET GUYS. I'M SO F------ HIGH RIGHTNOW](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/196/075/tumblr_lenyey0yjV1qg6n8do1_500.jpg?1320598956)
![tumblr_lenykavZKY1qg6n8do1_500.jpg CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THIS AIRPLANE AND GO ON VACATION mermegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/196/089/tumblr_lenykavZKY1qg6n8do1_500.jpg?1320599369)
![tumblr_leo1wdozSV1qg6n8do1_500.jpg IM GONNA BLOW UR AN IMAGE SO I CAN READ THE TEXT mernegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/195/984/tumblr_leo1wdozSV1qg6n8do1_500.jpg?1320595102)
![Kq.jpg AMERICA WILL BURN THROUGH THEIR OIL RESERVESIF THEY DON'T MIGRATE TOA RENEWABLESOURCE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/small/000/195/868/Kq.jpg?1320579934)
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Search Interest
Search queries for "ordinary muslim man" picked up in January of 2011, the same month the first instance was posted to Reddit.
External References
[1] iStockPhoto – Muslim Old Man
[2] Demotivers – I don't know if this is a pun or not
[3] Quickmeme – Ordinary Muslim Man
[4] Buzzfeed – Ordinary Muslim Man Meme
[5] Tumblr – heckyeahordinarymuslimguy.tumblr.com
[6] Facebook – Ordinary Muslim Man
[7] Reddit – Introducing ordinary Muslim man
[8] Meme Generator – Ordinary Muslim Man
[9] Tumblr – #ordinary muslim man
[10] Cheezburger – Ordinary Muslim Man
[11] Twitter – Ordinary Muslim Man
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Top Comments
Muhtaadaa
Feb 20, 2012 at 01:56PM EST
adachi
Nov 07, 2011 at 10:45PM EST