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                5:55 am  ETDec 15, 2014        

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          #IllRideWithYou: Australians Show Solidarity With Muslims Amid the Sydney Siege        






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illridewithyousiegesydneytwitter 

















By  Sarah Marshall 



Police walk through Martin Place as spectators look on during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney.
Getty Images


Australians came together in a social expression of solidarity with Australian Muslims, using the #IllRideWithYou hashtag to offer to accompany people wearing Muslim dress who were concerned about a backlash amid the Sydney cafe siege.
Armed police shut down central Sydney Monday after a suspected gunman took several people hostage in a cafe and placed an Islamic flag in the window.
The social gesture reportedly started with a person offering via social media to support and walk with a woman wearing a hijab.Advertisement

That sparked an offer elsewhere.

And a hashtag was created.

Offers of support flowed.



And the hashtag gathered pace.


The hashtag was soon trending.



And Muslims expressed their gratitude.


And this “we are a nation of mates” message was posted on Facebook.

 

 





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 Add a Comment  Error message        Name   We welcome thoughtful comments from readers. Please comply with our guidelines. Our blogs do not require the use of your real name.           Comment         Comments (5 of 29) View all Comments »       7:12 pm December 17, 2014  Kati, Coogee Beach wrote:              Incredible that some people in the US would use this tragic news to try and convince others we should carry guns.
Over 30 of you are murdered by your guns every day.
Clearly you've watched too many Rambo films.
         8:02 pm December 16, 2014  U.S.A. wrote:              Mongrel Immigrant Colony, what a mess.
         7:32 pm December 16, 2014  33 Americans killed every day wrote:              Shooting each other with guns.
The land of deranged Cowboys.....  John Wayne.
         11:23 am December 16, 2014  Vikingskipper wrote:              "Pledge of allegiance [to ISIS] of Sheikh Haron"
"Allegiance with Allah and His Messenger, and the Commander of the Faithful – I pledge allegiance to Allah and His Messenger and the Caliph of the Muslims"
"Praise be to Allah and prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and all his companions, and those who follow them and peace be upon the Commander of the Faithful, the Caliph of the Muslims, the Imam of our current era, and praise be to Allah, who made for us a Caliph of the Earth and an imam who summons us to Islam and holds fast to the Rope of Allah Almighty and praise be to Allah that I have had the honor to pledge allegiance to the Imam of our time. Those who swear allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims are just swearing allegiance to Allah and His Messenger…."
         10:25 pm December 15, 2014  We have lived and loved together, through many changing years. We have shared each other's gladness, wrote:              We have lived and loved together.
Through many changing years.
We have shared each other's gladness,
And wept each other's tears. 
- Charles Jeffreys
     






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