Nessa Barrett's Quran Reading Dance

Overview

Nessa Barrett's Quran Reading Dance refers to a TikTok posted by TikToker Nessa Barrett in April 2020 of herself and a friend dance to the sound of a reading from the Quran. The video began circulating Twitter and was criticized by the Muslim community for being disrespectful.

Background

On April 8th, 2020, Twitter user @Leeza_M_ reposted a TikTok by Nessa Barrett which has since been deleted with the caption, "Hi @nessaabarrett I hope you realize that this is Very disrespectful and offensive to the Muslim community!!" (shown below). The tweet gained over 2,800 likes and 1,300 retweets in two days.

Developments

On April 8th, 2020, Twitter users began using the hashtag #NessaBarrettIsOverParty to comment on the TikTok video. Twitter user @itssrahmaa^[2] tweeted, "YALL THIS GIRL NAMED NESSA FROM TIKTOK HAD THE AUDACITY TO “THROW IT BACK” TO AN AUDIO OF A MAN RECITING QURAN. AND THEN GIVE A HALF ASSED APOLOGY SAYING HER STEP MOM IS EGYPTIAN WTFFF CANCELLEDDDD #nessabarrettisoverparty" (shown below). The tweet received over 130 likes in two days.

The next day, Instagram user TikTokRoom reuploaded Barrett's Instagram live apology (shown below). The post gained over 63,200 likes in a day. In the video, Barrett explains that she didn't mean to offend anyone and that her stepmother is Egyptian.

That day, Twitter user @pariahnation737 responded with a TikTok he made in response to Barrett's TikTok with the caption, "I don’t usually post religious content but people have gotten too comfortable with the idea of boundaries… #nessabarret #nessabarrettisoverparty #nessabarretquran #response #cancelnesaa" (shown below). The tweet gained over 70 likes in a day. The Daily Dot ^[1] published an article about Barrett's video.

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