00:00German influencer Nur al-Ghuda Shehade began receiving death threats after she stopped
00:05wearing her hijab.
00:07She says it no longer reflected who she was.
00:11It's pretty obvious that I'm Muslim.
00:13I don't believe that wearing a hijab protects women from being sexualized.
00:16I just couldn't identify with it or couldn't find a personal reason for it, so I stopped
00:21wearing it.
00:22The clip quickly went viral on TikTok where algorithms often amplify content that sparked
00:28strong reactions.
00:29The same algorithms also amplify Islamist preachers, some with hundreds of thousands of followers.
00:35What experts note, this starkly reduces the influx of variable content, pushing young users
00:41into potential extremist bubbles.
00:43This online radicalization is a growing problem.
00:49Nur al-Ghuda Shehade decided to fight back.
00:54It becomes dangerous when there's no counterbalance.
00:58If the only voices out there are hate preachers or misogynistic scholars and there's no one
01:03speaking up against them, offering a different perspective and providing proper information,
01:08then the situation can become very dangerous.
01:12That's why she speaks out against Islamist extremism and misogyny online.
01:17She says that the hate has not stopped, but neither has she.
01:21I have a clear goal in mind.
01:24I really want to protect women from religious abuse and I'm not losing focus.
01:28Sometimes it can hit you hard, especially when things get very personal, but my goal
01:33is much stronger than all that hate.
01:36Some Islamist creators present strict ideology in everyday advice on marriage, clothing and behavior.
01:43They present traditional gender roles as religious factors.
01:48Experts say it's important to have visible alternative voices that show young users a diverse picture
01:53of Islam.
01:55It's amazing.
01:56Ask a dataensible.
01:57Who make up on our own, our guilds who help people?
01:58What do we do tomorrow for?
01:58During the first orbital titles we eat,
01:58What happens demands change prices don't stop the rest of the parkinghal happy actually.
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