{"id":2082,"date":"2017-05-06T00:35:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T19:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2024-07-11T10:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T05:05:27","slug":"shampoo-hijab-parody-video-turns-opportunity-right-wingers-mock-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/shampoo-hijab-parody-video-turns-opportunity-right-wingers-mock-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Shampoo over hijab? Right-wing users share old spoof video to mock Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

A short clip in which a woman is seen putting shampoo on her hijab is being circulated on social media as a “Malaysian shampoo advertisement”. It is being shared with communal jibes at Muslims.<\/p>\n

X user Sunanda Roy (@SaffronSunanda), who peddles communal propaganda and disinformation on a regular basis, shared the video<\/a> on July 9 with the caption, “Hair Shampoo ad under Sharia Law \ud83e\udd21”<\/p>\n

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The tweet received close to 9 Lakh views and over 1,6000 retweets.<\/p>\n

Another X user named Nioh Berg (@NiohBerg)<\/a> shared it with the following text: “Never forget the halal shampoo commercial where only her hijab gets clean”. This tweet received over 7 Lakh views.<\/p>\n

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Viral in the Past as well<\/h4>\n

The video started doing the rounds on social media in 2017 with users asking “Is she shampooing her hijab?”<\/p>\n

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Some others wrote, “Can it get any more stupid?”<\/p>\n

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“Retards”, said another X (then Twitter) user, sharing the video.<\/p>\n

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A Right-wing website named 99Wiki wrote an article with the headline, “Shampoo advt reveals deplorable condition of Muslim women!<\/a>“. The article said, “every Bigot Libtard will relentlessly advocate liberal modern Islam. They all stand exposed now, by something as simple as a shampoo advertisement”, followed by “what kind of a medieval religion is this?”<\/p>\n

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A website called Indian Voice<\/a> went on to highlight “draconian Sharia law” and “second class status of women in the Muslim society”.<\/p>\n

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Fact Check<\/h4>\n

We performed a reverse image search with a key frame from the video and came across the following YouTube video.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Btojj10Fdi8?si=4NNRpJux26-iyrM2]<\/p>\n

The viral bit comes up 0.33 seconds<\/a> onward in the video.<\/p>\n

We found that a Malaysian scarf company called “Escarves” was behind the video. The company and its advertising agency decided to make a parody of an old Sunsilk shampoo advertisement to promote their scarves. It was meant to be a satirical take on the original Sunsilk advertisement. The video recreated a 2006 Sunsilk advertisement. The parody video was titled ‘Budak 90an Je Tahu Iklan-Iklan Macam Ni’ (Translation: Only ’90s Kids Will Understand This).<\/p>\n

The original Sunsilk shampoo advertisement can be seen below.<\/p>\n

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