British Muslim YouTube star reads out the abuse she has received since she stopped wearing a hijab – and it takes 47 minutes to get through just some of them
- Fashion blogger Dina Torkia has more than a million followers on Instagram
- She said she had made a ‘personal decision’ to wear the hijab ‘when I want to’
- But she has received a wave of abusive and offensive comments on social media
- WARNING: CONTAINS OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
A British Muslim YouTube star has revealed the outpouring of vile abuse she received after she stopped wearing her hijab full-time.
Dina Torkia, who has more than a million followers on Instagram, said she had made a ‘personal decision to wear it when I want to’.
In a video called The Bad, The Worse And The Ugly she reads out the torrent of abuse she has received from strangers on Facebook.
Even in an uninterrupted 47-video the fashion blogger is only able to get through some of the nasty messages.
WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
Among the offensive and unsolicited posts, one comment said she would ‘be a porn star’ while another called her a ‘sick person mentally’.
Many posts questioned her faith, with one saying ‘she’s not a Muslim any more’ and another writing she was ‘messed up’ and had ‘made Islam look bad’.
Another called her a ‘part-time Muslim’ while yet another said ‘you can’t just wear a hijab when you feel like it’.
Others made uninvited comments on her personal appearance, saying she was ‘ugly and gross’ without the scarf.
The nastiest messages called for her death and used a range of offensive terms to describe her.
The blogger has previously posted videos online about fashionable ways to wear the head covering.
She also published a book called Modestly, a reference to her videos on modest fashion.
British Muslim fashion blogger Dina Torkia, who has more than a million followers on Instagram, said she had made a ‘personal decision to wear the hijab when I want to’
The blogger, pictured, has previously posted videos online about fashionable ways to wear the head covering and published a book called Modestly
Last year she referred to the hijabi community as a ‘toxic cult’ and said she would only wear it when she chose to.
She later explained the comment in more detail, saying: ‘I’m referring to the onslaught of slander and insults I’ve received from a community that I was very much a part of and helped build… all because of my personal decision to basically wear it when I want to.’
She said on Twitter: ‘I’ve only just started showing my hair over the past few months, every now and then whenever I have felt comfortable to do so.
‘Some days I’m more comfortable covering my hair and other days I am more comfortable showing it. That’s just it.
‘I still believe in head covering as a part of my modesty and a part of my life and it will always be a part of me.
‘It’s a part of my heritage, religion and culture… no-one can take that away from me.
‘I have just decided that the best thing for me personally is not to commit to it it daily like I have done for the past 20 years. That is all.’