#ISISmovies Trending on Twitter as the Islamic State Killing Machine Moves Across Syria and Iraq · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

This map allegedly showing the expanses the ISIS plan to annex has gone viral. Source: Unknown
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a self-declared Islamic Caliphate (kingdom) which covers swathes of Syria and Iraq is trending on Twitter in the US, under the self-explanatory hashtag #ISISmovies.
Netizens across the world are changing the names of popular movies to reflect the actions of the militant Sunni Islamists, also known as simply the Islamic State (IS), who have been terrorising people across Syria and Iraq, and posting the photographs of their blood curdling exploits, including those of crucifixions, mass murder and decapitated heads online for the world to witness the horror they are unleashing on civilians along their path.
All those who don't convert to their hardline version of Islam, and pay allegiance to their self-proclaimed Caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, are called infidels – and as such deserve to die. In Iraq, the banishment of the Christians of Mosul and murder and starvation of Yazidis in Northern Iraq, in particular drew condemnation from across the world over the last few weeks.
From Massachusetts, this Twitter user changes Good Will Hunting to reflect IS's thirst for blood:
Good Infidel Hunting #ISISmovies
— MustBeTheMeds (@MustBeTheMeds) August 16, 2014
From Lebanon, Ink offers two ISIS productions. Gone in 60 Seconds becomes:
#ISISmovies Decapitated in 60 Seconds.
— Ink (@Ink184) August 16, 2014
while How I Met Your Mother becomes:
How I Blew Up Your Temple. #ISISmovies
— Ink (@Ink184) August 16, 2014
The IS has destroyed several ancient temples and places of worship, as it considers the veneration of saints apostasy and Shia Muslims as heretics.
From Cairo, Egypt, AM Homossani adds a new twist to Sound of Music:
The Sound of Music is Haram #ISISmovies
— يا حمصاني (@AMHomossani) August 16, 2014
Haram, in Arabic, means sinful, and those fundamentalists also shun music, saying it is “the work of the devil.”
According to Hilal Ibrahim Toslak, Saving Private Ryan becomes:
Saving Private Abu Ryan #isismovies
— Halil İbrahim Toslak (@hibrahimt_) August 16, 2014
Jihadists pick up nom de guerres, prefixed with Abu – which translates to “father of” from Arabic. IS recruits come from around the world, and those pseudonyms make them difficult to track down.
And Hassan Hassan, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, comes up with:
Beheading Private Ryan #ISISMovies
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) August 16, 2014
– again driving home the point of IS's favourite way to slaughter their victims.
Not everyone found the hashtag funny. Mohamed Alyahya, from New York, tells his 1,748 followers:
If I were in #ISIS I would be laughing hysterically at the stupidity of most of these tweets on this hashtag: #ISISmovies
— Mohammed K. Alyahya (@7yhy) August 16, 2014
While Akhter, from Kashmir, notes:
Some #ISISMovies titles are really hurting religious sentiments. Please don't slander islam.
— Akhter_ (@akhterA786) August 16, 2014
Regardless of the hashtag, the blood thirsty terrorists continue mass murdering innocents where ever they go.