"It’s not hard to find these memes if you follow the right accounts on Muslim Twitter, especially Black Muslim Twitter. Or you can hit the jackpot by joining Facebook groups like Halal Memes for Jannah Minded Teens (HMJMT) – “Jannah” refers to paradise within Islam – which calls itself the home of the “dankest memes in the deen” and boasts over 161,000 members. Within this world, Muslim youth have cultivated a specific subsection that I call “surveillance memes,” using the internet’s favorite punchy, comedic format to rip on everything from specific programs (like Countering Violent Extremism, a popular target) to laughing at the apparent twist of a Black Muslim airport agent scanning a white woman."

a pioneer in this category pic.twitter.com/cPw2tLKZhO

— vanessa taylor (@BaconTribe) October 30, 2019

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