‘Selfie-girl’ at anti-Muslim protest apologises for anti-Semitic remarks

Zakia Belkhiri, a teenager (she’s actually 22 and I think she had an up-hill paper round) who won praise after posing in front anti-Muslim protestors in Belgium while taking selfies, has issued an apology after journalists unearthed a number of anti-Semitic comments posted on her social media accounts.

Belkhiri was widely praised after photos emerged last week showing her standing in front of far-Right Flemish nationalist group called Vlaams Belang as they protested at the Muslim Expo in Antwerp. A group of protesters had gathered outside the expo, which celebrates Muslim lifestyle, art and culture, with signs including messages such as “No headscarves” and “Stop Islam”.

The photos of her selfies, taken by Jurgen Augusteyns and published by Vice, were shared by thousands of supporters around the world.

However, it has since emerged that Belkhiri has posted several anti-Semitic remarks on her social media channels.

In one 2012 tweet she wrote: “Hitler didn’t kill all the Jews, he left some. So we know why he was killing them.”

And in a 2014 Facebook post she said of Jews: “I hate them so much.”

Her apology went down so badly that her selfies have been lampooned (left) by being superimposed on survivors of the holocaust and islamic terrorist attacks. 

“You meant that Zionist Jews deserve to die?” one Twitter user replied.

Belkhiri, who has since deactivated her social media presences, has been contacted for a comment.