Sydney siege: #illridewithyou continues to gain support

Patsy Thomas
December 16, 2014 12:51 MYT

People around the world continue espressing their support on #illridewithyou

Australia and other nations around the world have continued to stand together with the hashtag #illridewithyou to combat Islamophobia despite the conclusion of the hostage drama in Sydney early this morning.

It began with a Facebook post by Rachael Jacobs about a Muslim woman on the train with her slowing removing her hijab for fear she might be attacked due to the incident taking place yesterday.

micdotcom: Australians fight Islamophobia amidst hostage crisis with #IllRideWithYou In the midst of the ong … http://t.co/LMhxFf2im6
— Fairy Plur Mother ॐ (@jordan_tebo) December 16, 2014

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#illridewithyou subsequently started with Australians coming together to express their solidarity with Muslim Australians, and to embrace them in the country.

Within hours, the hashtag #illridewithyou went viral with continuous show of support becoming the main subject on Twitter.

The hashtag peaked at 1,250 tweets per minute on Monday evening and remained at 999 tweets per minute at 9.00 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Bernama reported.

One of the Tweets on #illridewithyou described the unity of the people in Australia:

#trufax «@steveturtle «@authenticlucas this is the most beautiful thing I have read all night #illridewithyou pic.twitter.com/PGkZIsmWod»»
— Trin Achronism (@trinchronicity) December 16, 2014

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Other tweets include:

Terrorism has no race or religion. 1 imbecile. 1 act of cowardice. Stand together as one. Dont let them win. #illridewithyou #sydneysiege
— SHAYNE IRONS (@H_BELLS07) December 16, 2014

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#Integrity #respect #courage and #service build a resilient #Australia #illridewithyou #pospsych #edchat #sydneysiege pic.twitter.com/11oAibYCcr
— St Catherine's (@StCatherinesSyd) December 16, 2014

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their antics won't break us, it'll only unite us further #illridewithyou
— Phillip (@ydiaaa) December 16, 2014

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Alhamdullilah I'm a Muslim. My heart breaks 4 the victims & then breaks bc of all the stereotyping. Thank u for #illridewithyou
— Rahana Iqbal (@iRahana17) December 16, 2014

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##illridewithyou #Australia #Muslim #siege #Sydney

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