What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver Music, and Zayn Malik’s fans
are outraged after an incredibly offensive and islamophobic song about the singer resurfaced
online.
The hashtag #RemoveItForZayn began trending on Twitter on Sunday after a song titled “Zayn
Did 9/11” resurfaced on Spotify.
The song is by an artist named Uma Kompton, who has made headlines for being an online
troll in the past.
The minute-long track outrageously attempts to link Zayn to the 2001 terrorist attack
in New York City.
The islamaphobic song is extremely offensive to not only Zayn, who was raised in a Muslim
household, but also the Muslim faith.
In 2018, the former One Direction band member spoke to Vogue about his faith, acknowledging
QUOTE “To be honest, I’ve never spoken publicly about what my religious beliefs are.
I’m not professed to be a Muslim”, and further said QUOTE: “I believe whatever
people’s religious beliefs are is between them and whoever or whatever they’re practising.
For me, I have a spiritual belief of there is a god.
Do I believe there’s a hell?
No.”
Zayn added that he worries that even discussing faith, QUOTE: “becomes a religious f*****
debacle of philosophers.
I just want to keep it between me and whatever I believe.
I feel like that makes me move through life in a nice way.”
Zayn also added that he doesn’t want to be defined by his religion or cultural background,
saying quote, “I was raised in the Islamic faith, so it will always be with me, and I
identify a lot with the culture.
But I’m just me.
I don’t want to be defined by my religion or my cultural background.”
Although the song was reportedly released in 2017, it was resurfaced by Zayn’s fans
over the weekend after discovering it was available to stream on Spotify.
And it didn’t take long for them to share their disgust on Twitter and demand that Spotify
remove the song.
One fan wrote, “that's why zayn isn't on social media.
this is disgusting.
zayn is one of the nicest people on earth, he doesn't deserve this, no one does.
#removeitforzayn.”
Another fan wrote, “#removeitforzayn I seriously don’t get why Uma Kompton made this song.
It’s very offensive towards Zayn and muslims in general.
Please report it!”
This fan agreed, taking to Twitter to write, “This absolute islamophobic filth of a song
needs to be removed right f****n now! #removeitforzayn”
Another fan tweeted, “#removeitforzayn Muslims are NOT terrorists Muslim ≠ Terrorist report
it please.
this is not right.”
As well as “Terrorism has no religion and Zayn doesn't deserve this AT ALL.
Report the song and send the e-mail.
@Spotify pls remove this s****y one #removeitforzayn”
And some fans took it a step further and shared the lyrics to the song in order to further
show why the song is so offensive and why it should be taken down immediately.
This fan wrote, “For everyone that doesn’t know this song was made for zayn is so disrespectful
and islamphobic we are trending #removeitforzayn for Spotify to delete it he doesn’t deserve
this.”
Another fan urged others to report the song, writing, “The amount of racism and hate
people showed to Zayn..
It's unbelievably disrespecting..
No one really cares huh?
Zayn is the most kind and good person in the world..he's gone through islamophobics, racists.
It's awful and disgusting..Don't just tweet, Report #removeitforzayn.”
And this person wrote, “me reporting the track to a spotify team member by getting
directly into contact with her & her saying she'll send it to the team to have it investigated
& taken down if found harmful #removeitforzayn.”
Along with the tweet, they included screenshots of the conversation they had with the Spotify
team member
And the hard work of Zayn’s fans paid off, as Spotify has since removed the Islamophobic
song from its platform following all the public backlash.
And while fans are glad that the song has been removed from Spotify, they vow to have
it removed from other streaming platforms where it apparently is still available, as
shared by this fan who tweeted “When you think that you can spread a Racist ideas by
Zayn's name it's the stupidest thing ever because absolutely we will remove this shit
song from all platforms soon…”
along with a screenshot from Pop Crave that pointed out that the song still exists on
Apple Music and Youtube.
There’s been no public response from Zayn yet, but we’ll keep you updated if he speaks
out.
And while this song is incredibly offensive, baseless and islamophobic, we think this is
a good opportunity to share what this twitter user put so simply: “All religions, cultures,
and beliefs deserve the same amount of respect, even if they were different from your own.”
But right now you guys I want to know what you guys think.
Let us know all your thoughts on this in the comment section below.
After that, click right over here to find out what huge career move fellow former One
Direction member Louis Tomlinson just made.
Thanks for watching Clevver Music, I’m Sussan Mourad and I’ll see ya next time!