Video of British Muslims dancing to Pharrell Williams’s hit Happy attacked as ‘sinful’

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They are male and female, young and old, black, white and Asian, with hijab and without, but they are all Muslims. And they are all happy.

That’s the message of a new video which shows dozens of British Muslims dancing their hearts out, laughing, singing and smiling along to Pharrell Williams’ hit single “Happy”.

Produced by a group of young Muslims called Honesty Policy, the four-minute video is infectious and its unashamedly positive message has gone viral more than 300,000 hits (and rising) on YouTube this week. Just try and watch it without smiling – you’ll fail.

Aside from making you grin, the point of the video, according its creators, is to show that British Muslims are just as happy, eclectic, cosmopolitan, diverse, creative, fun and outgoing as anyone else. “This video was joining the global movement of happiness inspired by Pharrell,” the Honesty Policy group tells me in an email. “It’s part of something that we as Muslims could find ourselves relating to: happiness. We, too, are happy people, and we promote a message of happiness.”

That happiness movement and Pharrell’s happiness day collaboration with the United Nations last month inspired Honesty Policy, which closely guards the identity of its members, to hit the road and film ordinary “happy Muslims” from all over the country dancing to the hit.

“We’ve been completely blown away by the positive reaction,” says one of the Honesty Policy team in a telephone interview with The Independent. He declines to give his name, adding that the group, which is made up of men and women from all Muslim branches, puts its “message before any identity”…. see more

source: http://www.independent.co.uk/

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