{"id":6631,"date":"2016-05-20T09:29:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T08:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=6631"},"modified":"2016-05-20T09:29:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T08:29:34","slug":"peace-selfie-in-front-of-anti-muslim-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/peace-selfie-in-front-of-anti-muslim-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Peace Selfie\u2019 In Front Of Anti-Muslim Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zakia\"When party poopers turn up and try to turn a celebration sour there are a number of ways to react.
\nOne might slink off into the shadows, or one might decide to quite literally grin and bear it \u2013 as this young woman did.
\nZakia Belkhiri, 22, was at Antwerp\u2019s third annual Muslim Expo during the weekend when around 40 members of Vlaams Belang, a far-right Belgian political party, gatecrashed the event.
\nThey brought with them an array of signs bearing anti-Muslim slogans such as \u2018no headscarves\u2019, \u2018no mosques\u2019 and \u2018stop Islam\u2019.
\nIn the face of such hostility, Zakia Belkhiri grabbed her cell phone and posed for a selfie in front of the protesters, while making a peace sign with her fingers.
\nMs Belkhiri told BBC Trending that she took the photos “to show that things can be different. And that we can live together, not next to each other but with each other.” She initially shied away from media attention because she “didn’t want to look like a girl who seeks attention.”
\nShe also added that she doesn’t think a selfie can be a form of protest; “this wasn’t a protest at all, this was just to share joy and peace.”<\/p>\n

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