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Allahu Akbar

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“Allahu Akbar” is an Arabic phrase known as the “Takbir,” which is a common Arabic expression translated as “God is great” in English.

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On November 17th, 2005, Urban Dictionary[4] user 23(tu-three) submitted an entry for “Allahu Akbar,” defining it an expression “used predminately by Muslims.” On November 17th, 2012, the Israel Spokement[5] YouTube channel uploaded a video titled “Terrorist Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ and Explodes.” On June 15th, 2014, Redditor biff2204 submitted a post titled “Asleep on a plane, I was woken to this guy shouting in my face” to /r/videos,[6] featuring a clip of a man yelling “Allahu Akbar” near the exit door on an airplane (shown below, left). In five months, the video gained over 4,800 votes (93% upvoted). On July 19th, YouTuber Creme de la meme TV uploaded a video of a toilet exploding while a man repeats the phrase “Allahu Akbar” titled “allahu akbar.webm” (shown below, right).



On September 10th, YouTuber bloodburgerEARTH[3] uploaded a compilation video titled “Collection of failed ‘allahu akbar’”, featuring video footage explosives detonating prematurely and firearms backfiring.

On September 20th, FunnyJunk user plaguehammer submitted an edited PSA commercial in which a man can be heard yelling “Allahu Akbar” while a car flips over and kills several children (shown below).

On October 29th, the “Allahu Akbar Compilations” YouTuber channel was launched, featuring videos with a voice yelling “Allahu Akbar” dubbed over the background audio (shown below).



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