--- description: After a stabbing in London Saturday night, the hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv has gone viral on Twitter to condemn the perpetrator title: Viral #YouAintNoMuslimBruv Hashtag Condemns London Stabber image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt975728a95f976d03/698873ee8e060153d34639d6/london-stabbing2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Viral #YouAintNoMuslimBruv Hashtag Condemns London Stabber  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 6, 2015 3:36 PM CUT  A police officer stands guard outside Leytonstone station in north London on Dec. 6, 2015, a day after three people were stabbed in what police are treating as a "terrorist incident". A police officer stands guard outside Leytonstone station in north London on Dec. 6, 2015, a day after three people were stabbed in what police are treating as a "terrorist incident".Leon Neal—AFP/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 6, 2015 3:36 PM CUT After [a stabbing in London Saturday night](http://time.com/4137731/london-underground-stabbing-terrorism/?xid=homepage "undefined"), the hashtag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv has gone viral on Twitter to condemn the perpetrator. In a video of the incident, a bystander can be heard saying, “You ain’t no Muslim, bruv,” after the stabber reportedly shouted “This is for Syria,” [USA Today reports.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/12/06/youaintnomuslimbruv-twitter-london-stabbing/76879252/ "undefined") The perpetrator stabbed three people at the Leytonstone underground station and officials are investigating the attack as an act of terrorism. The hasthag #YouAintNoMuslimBruv took off on social media after the attack, prompting more than 64,000 tweets by Sunday morning of people defending the Muslim faith. > [](https://twitter.com/mydaughtersarmy/status/673516377404268544) > [](https://twitter.com/%5F%5FSkarOne%5F%5F/status/673520555895730177) > [](https://twitter.com/ayeshanssari/status/673521444429684737) > [](https://twitter.com/OzerKhalid/status/673511093952737280) > [](https://twitter.com/AshleyTumminio/status/673496693711749120) > [](https://twitter.com/Missymasood/status/673492140203368449) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4137763/viral-youaintnomuslimbruv-hashtag/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4137763/viral-youaintnomuslimbruv-hashtag/"},"headline":"Viral #YouAintNoMuslimBruv Hashtag Condemns London Stabber","datePublished":"2015-12-06T15:36:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:08:28.576Z","description":"Officials are investigating the attack as an act of terrorism","url":"https://time.com/4137763/viral-youaintnomuslimbruv-hashtag/","keywords":["viral","twitter","england","london","uk","United Kingdom"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt975728a95f976d03/698873ee8e060153d34639d6/london-stabbing2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt975728a95f976d03/698873ee8e060153d34639d6/london-stabbing2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-TERROR","caption":"BRITAIN-TERROR","creditText":"Leon Neal—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4137763/viral-youaintnomuslimbruv-hashtag/","name":"Viral #YouAintNoMuslimBruv Hashtag Condemns London Stabber"}}]}] ```