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Harlem Shake Meets Muslim Brotherhood and We Have the Video

Mar. 1, 2013 7:17am Sharona Schwartz

Harlem Shake Craze Hits These Two Unlikely Locations and We Have the Video

Protester in Mickey Mouse mask and traditional Muslim garb leads Harlem Shake protest outside Muslim Brotherhood H/Q (YouTube screenshot)

The Arab Spring might just be taking on a new form. Some 400 protesters chose none other than the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo at which to dance and gyrate wildly in a rendition of the Harlem Shake (we explain what the dance is here).

The group comprised mostly of men stood outside the building Thursday evening, some wearing funny masks, others bare-chested, shouting anti-Islamist slogans and “Leave! Leave!” to President Mohammed Morsi. They then broke into the dance sweeping the world and YouTube, with some men masquerading as Salafis in traditional white robes.

Mideast watchers say the dance craze has been adopted in both Egypt and Tunisia as a form of protest against hardline Islamists who were propelled to power by the Arab Spring revolutions in early 2011.

On Wednesday, hardline Salafis tried to stop a group of university students in Tunisia making their Harlem Shake video.

While in the West it may be nothing more than the latest viral fad, the dance is being adopted for political ends, as described by an AFP reporter covering the Cairo event:

“Down with the supreme guide’s rule,” the protesters chanted after finishing the dance, referring to the Muslim Brotherhood’s religious leader Mohammed Badie.

“The message is clear,” said Farid Sayyed, one of the organizers.

“We are against the policies of the Brotherhood. Their guidance bureau (or ruling council) dictates government policy, not the presidency. The revolution continues.”

Here’s video of the Cairo shake posted on YouTube by Egypt’s El Badil Media:

AP reports that the Muslim Brotherhood shut its office and turned off the lights during the protest.

On Wednesday in Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia where the Arab Spring revolution began, school students who were denied permission to film a Harlem Shake video were then attacked by 20 Salafis who decried “this Western dance of misbelievers.”

Near the capital Tunis, secular students clashed with Islamists on Thursday when the former were trying to make a Harlem Shake video. Police had to separate the two groups.

And here’s a video from Tunisvisions of a public dancing of Harlem Shake and Gangham Style last Saturday. Here too, some students were shirtless, and others mocked Salafis in their white robes. Content warning, there are some graphic gestures being enacted:

Ynet describes one of the clashes in Tunis’ El Khadra neighborhood:

When a dozen ultra-conservative Muslim youths, some of them women in veils, showed up at the in Tunis’s El Khadra neighborhood, a Salafist bastion, students shouted “Get out, get out!”

One of the Salafists shouted: “Our brothers in Palestine are being killed by Israelis, and you are dancing.” He said he wanted to explain what behavior Islam considers as “haram” (prohibited) and “halal” (permitted).

That drew the ire of one youth, wearing the mask of a deformed face featured in the American horror film “Scream.”

“Mind your own business and keep your lessons of morality for others,” he shouted. “No guy like you is going to stop us from doing what we want!”

Another Salafist, bearded and wearing military gear, was found to be carrying a petrol bomb, but was surrounded by teachers who prevented him from using it.

The incident degenerated into fisticuffs before the Salafists retreated.

Student Fidaa Jebali who organized the event showed an AFP correspondent a red welt on her cheek. “One of the veiled girls called me an apostate before slapping me,” she said.

Education Minister Abdellatif Abid says he’s ordered an investigation into one of the Harlem Shake events, and threatened students behind it with expulsion.

Punishment would not be unprecedented. On Saturday, Egyptian police said they had arrested four pharmaceutical students who filmed themselves dancing to the Baauer song in their underwear in a middle class Cairo neighborhood. Passersby accused the students of engaging in “a scandalous act” and tried to assault them, according to AFP.

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Comments (37)

Bikkiboo
Posted on March 2, 2013 at 8:41pm
Maybe this will help the protesters. They may realize they outnumber the Islamists and can get rid of them.

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neverending
Posted on March 2, 2013 at 11:45am
Good job there muslims your leader taught you well. Nice new head piece for the moochelle!

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WTFurnuts
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 1:38pm
Well… this pretty much explains the homosexual proclivities of the modern muslim male.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:54pm
I don’t know about all of this. You know what happens when muslims get together and begin dancing an carrying on; some poor slob loses his head, literally. Usually with a dull knife and 5 minutes of sawing.

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TiocFaidhArLa
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 10:59am
My Iq fally 50 points after watching this stupid dance

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- searcher619
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:26pm
  I don’t think you lost any IQ. I think you are finally coming to grips with your true IQ.
  
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- cosmic dogma
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 10:45pm
  illy? it fally 50 pointies?
  
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zoro51
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 10:05am
again THIS IS NOT NEWS MURDERING MUSLUMS DANCE B F D.. again NOT NEWS!

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 10:21am
  Zoro… you’ve been a member here since June 28, 2011.
  
  Why do you keep expecting the Blaze to be exclusively “News” when it’s obviously not and never has been?
  Do you go into Burger King complaining that their chicken sandwiches “aren’t Burgers”?
  Does the fact that Foot Locker sells T-shirts bother you, too?
  
  Skip the fluff or find another site.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:42pm
  These people were PROTESTING outside a Muslim Brotherhood office. So the fact that one of them decided it was a good time to get down with the Harlem Shake makes it less news for you? O.o?!
  
  Are jealous because you can’t do it?
  
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AUsername
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:52am
Its like the police crackdown on the socialist group OWS.

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jrc99
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:32am
That gave me a BIG smile and a giggle. That was pretty cool. BUT even though it’s against the ****** Bros. I still don’t trust Egypt as a whole.

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PA PATRIOT
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:47am
the movement to remove the MB has to begin somewhere. Without guns and ammo, consider the alternative, Molotov cocktails and rocks. ?? Are these men jeopardizing their lives? The photos will most likely be scanned for ID purposes and they will probably serve time. Thank God I was born an American. It is time for many others in this great country to wake up and realize we are free…for now.

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- Will-db
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:53am
  The movement to remove the MB began the second they got into power. What Egypt needs is a credible, competent alternative to the MB – it’s alright protesting them but who’s going to step in if they are thrown out? The military again? Egypt needs time to develop the components of democracy but as we can clearly see, the will is there.
  
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busterpuddles
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:46am
The little voice just before the music sounds like he’s(?) saying ‘colon terrorist’ in Spanish. Now THAT’S funny! Otherwise, they all look like they’re having a lot of fun in that big mob of flailing hands and feet.

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- Will-db
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:50am
  These are the guys who are going to win the battle for progress in the Middle East. Any time WE intervene, it backfires horribly. They can come to the conclusion that a corrupt theocracy is not a good way to live by themselves. Good luck and my heart goes out to them.
  
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- Will-db
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:54am
  Oh and it’s ‘Con Los Terroristas!’ which is somewhat ironic in this case, don’t you think!
  
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123456beatriz
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:30am
What IN HELL was that!. They voted for this Mouse Morsi!. What is the deal now?. Themselves are trying to destroy the western, so.

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hi
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:28am
I liked it. It’s nice to know they are not all going along with the insane brotherhood over there.

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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:32am
  Yes it is. But I don’t think a silly dance does much to combat such evil.
  
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GuruMeditation
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:25am
Flat out goofy.

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Xanderson
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:09am
AP reports that the Muslim Brotherhood shut its office and turned off the lights during the protest.
Just like the stingy kill-joys who pretended not to be home on Halloween (too cheap to throw a kid a Butterfinger) when I was a kid in Detroit– watch out fellas, next year on Devil’s Night you are toast!!

Also, “Morsi Mouse” reminds me of someone?!?

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Polarized America
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 7:58am
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This trend is our only chance for world peace ;)

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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:25am
  Hahahaha.
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:30am
  (found it)…..Jazz and Rock & Roll played a big part in turning the youth of the old USSR against there strict Gov’t, and sparked a youth revolution…So why not the “” Harlem Shake”"..?
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll_and_the_fall_of_communism
  
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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 10:32am
  I tottally agree,it brought a tear,just one,to my eye to see them doing the silly western dance and laughing and enjoying themselves.It is a change from the usual beheadings and dragging and torture that they were forced to partisipate in as children and for the rest of thier lives.Though they do this at great risk they still do it Why? because freedom is a wonderful thing and they felt it in that dance.:))
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 11:06am
  WHATTHECRAZY…i hear ya …/;-)
  
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steve-in-pa
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 7:56am
You can always figure most people that do these stupid dance routines are probably the same sheep that were also mesmerized by 0bama’s shiny campaign or main stream media’s glitz. Sheep and the media are always behind in what is really going on! Go out and be yourself, don’t be a mindless sheep! And P.S… No matter what age you are if your Mom thinks it’s cool it definitely is not.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:00am
  Exactly couldn’t have said it better myself.
  
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- noslave
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:43am
  their not the first to do the dance?visit a mental institution,probably most of obama supporters learned it there?,i answered my own question ?thats why obama was re-elected?they besides voteing several times,acorn registered &drove paitents to the polling booth??
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:49am
  PS What about Dad.?
  My knife collection seems pretty cool to my kids. :)
  
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- steve-in-pa
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:50am
  PA Patriot; Dad’s are usually cool. Unless they are into sheeple dancing or liberal boycott activities( i.e.. anti gun rallies) on the weekend, that would be a big giveaway,lol. As a kid I loved my Dad’s bayonet from when he was in the Marines, knives are always cool!
  
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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 10:42am
  Steve, it is not true that moms are not cool after all didn’t your mom let you stay home from school today?Dad never would have allowed that.:))))
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 11:10am
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  ..I have a feeling that…♫ your mamma don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock & roll ♫ …lol
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:31pm
  Steve
  Cool, My dad was USMC South Pacific, Okinawa D-30 and was scheduled for the invasion of Japan. He ended up in China to protect the Japs from Chinese invasion. Dad brought home his Kbar, a bayonette and a Japanese dress sword. He tried to get his BAR home, but no go. Although he is now deceased, I always thought he was cool. Have a great day in PA.
  
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bikerdogred1
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 7:46am
Now we are brining the world down to a new level.

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Eastinfection
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 7:38am
Not a fan of this trend… but the Tunisian one was the funniest i’ve seen because they managed to diss Gagnum Style, too.

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