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An attempt to whip up anti-Islamic sentiment by the leader of the English Defence League has spectacularly backfired on Twitter on Monday.

On Sunday night, EDL leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, tweeted a complaint about a picture of a "mosque" on the Twitter front page (it was actually the Taj Mahal), highlighting the image as another example of #creepingsharia.

However, rather than stoke far-right feeling, the Luton-based activist unintentionally started a comedy twitter trend.

Amid traffic about the start of Anders Breivik’s trial in Oslo, the Twitterati hijacked the tag, with #creepingsharia being blamed for everything from “algebra on the curriculum” to “no ham left in the fridge”.

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Huffington Post 37 Comments [4/23/2012 2:40:06 AM]
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#1395701
whatever

Coughlan = cutural hero.

And it turns out it wasn't the Taj Mahal. But it hardly matters. Tommy Robinson has been pwned. Utterly.

Check out Coughlan616's channel on Youtube for the story of how this came about.

4/23/2012 3:44:31 PM
#1395718
Papabear

Ha! That's great. A twit on twitter. #creepingtwitism.

4/23/2012 6:37:27 PM
#1395743
demodocos

checkmate: "Uhh, back up a minute. The Taj Mahal *is* a mosque. Its primary function may be that of a mausoleum, but it is a functioning mosque that is used as such."

The building in the picture is actually just the mausoleum with the minarets. Although a mosque is part of the Taj Mahal complex, it's behind the photographer and not visible.

4/23/2012 9:14:08 PM
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Swede

Hasn't the Taj Mahal been around for some four hundred years or so? It's creeping very slow, that Indian Sharia.

Hillarious hijacking!

4/23/2012 11:34:01 PM
#1395836
Mithras

Richard Coughlan did indeed win teh internetz with this one.

4/24/2012 5:59:01 AM
#1395877
Felis >:3

@Anon-e-moose

Quickly, man! Get over there to B3ta and fire up the Magenta Cock Machine!

4/24/2012 8:09:04 AM
#1395890
Paler_Face

Now that's just funny.

4/24/2012 8:57:17 AM
#1396046
Drummer


4/24/2012 5:30:49 PM
#1396095
Raised by Horses

Kebab on the menu? #creepingsharia

4/24/2012 11:10:15 PM
#1396382
Shadoboy

The only appropiate answer to this is...


4/25/2012 12:17:57 PM
#1396423
NonProphet

Twitter is finally being used for good.

I'm so proud of the internet right now.

4/25/2012 2:09:08 PM
#1401196
Plagued

Fuck off, Tommy. England doesn't want you or your merry band of incompetent, pissed-up hooligans.

5/10/2012 11:21:13 AM
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