"With both the NFL and English Premier League back in action, fans are dredging up painful memories of players who have ruined their weekends time and again. This genre of meme has an unofficial name - "football terrorist" - and it's being made literal in the kind of darkly absurd memes only TikTok could deliver. These SportsTok edits splice together lowlight reels of those players with clips of former Iraqi president and dictator Saddam Hussein."
"Yes, this is very real. The edits don't just splice in Saddam clips - they're also set to a nasheed called "Al Qawlu Qawlu Sawarim" by Abu Ali, released back in 2000. Nasheeds are traditional Islamic a cappella-style chants, and this one, based on translations, was meant as a battle hymn. Sports TikTok has reimagined it as the soundtrack to your team's worst nightmares."
A TikTok trend labeled "football terrorist" pairs athletes' lowlight reels with footage of Saddam Hussein and a nasheed track to dramatize repeated on-field pain. The edits surfaced as NFL and English Premier League seasons resumed, prompting fans to resurrect agonizing moments. The nasheed used is "Al Qawlu Qawlu Sawarim" by Abu Ali, released in 2000, originally a battle hymn. The label splits into two types: those who inflict pain through glaring incompetence and those who repeatedly dominate specific opponents, producing a darkly absurd meme culture on Sports TikTok.
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