Fans are petitioning to have the offensive song 'Zayn Did 9/11' - which includes a picture of the Twin Tower attacks and the singer's silhouette - removed from iTunes
Muslim singer Zayn Malik admitted to quitting Twitter after
being a victim of racist messages sent from sick-minded
trolls
.
Now a vile song blaming the One Direction singer for the
terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001 has sparked
fury among fans.
The track called 'Zayn Did 9/11' features the singer's
silhouette superimposed over an image of the September 11
attacks.
1D fans quickly defended their idol, 19, by holding up signs
at the band's latest concert saying "Zayn's Not Racist," and
similar supportive messages.
The hugely offensive track is still available to download from
the official iTunes store for just 79p despite an online
petition
to have it removed already has more than 200 signatures.
It’s claimed to be the work of American rapper Rucka Rucka
Ali who has since been branded “disgusting” among
hundreds of unprintable tweets.
His Twitter account has since been suspended but the song
itself remains free to play on YouTube.
The song is described as a 'parody' and is remixed with the
instrumental of Selena Gomez's debut single Come & Get
It.
Zayn has previously said of the racist abuse he receives on
Twitter: “Nasty things were said like I’m a terrorist. How can
you justify that?
"How can you call me that and get away with it?
“You can say whatever you want about me, I’m not bothered.
But when it starts to upset people I care about or I hear
about it from my mum, that’s a problem."
Internet trolls sent Zayn sickening racist remarks after
picture emerged of him with Perri and his family celebrating
Eid - a Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan.
The brutal remarks became too much for Zayn and
eventually it forced him to quit the (anti)social-network
Twitter.
He said: “I believe that your religion should be between you
and whoever your belief is in.
“I don't think you should stick it in peoples faces. I think you
should just keep it to yourself and that's how I've always
been with it.
"I just had seen a few things that had annoyed me.
“I thought we had moved away from that and we're living in
the 21st century and people could accept people from
different religions. It shouldn't have wound me up but it did.”
He added his guilt for the real fans who were gutted that
their idol had temporarily deleted his account.
He said: “At the same time there are so many fans on there
who say nice things every day so why should they miss
out?”
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