Zayn Malik Twitter Death Threats After 'Free Palestine' Hashtag Tweet Goes Viral - One Direction Hunk Voices Opinion On Israel Conflict, Fans React

This past weekend, One Direction super star and Perrie Edwards' fiancé, Zayn Malik, took to twitter to post a trending hastag that he decided to support. Considering he's Muslim, we figured it was only a matter of time before he weighed in on the current Palestine and Israel conflict that erupted this month, but when he tweeted "#FreePalestine," some people disagreed so strongly with his sentiment that they started sending him death threats.

Zayn's post was a very simple tweet, just the actual hastag and nothing more. You can check it out right here:

#FreePalestine.

— zaynmalik1D (@zaynmalik) July 28, 2014

After this post, controversy around Twitter erupted, and death threats came pouring in. Zayn has yet to respond to these threats, but we doubt he really will. We're sure you can imagine the kind of tweets that have been aimed at Zayn, so we won't showcase these users. Instead, we'll show you a new hashtag that started trending: "#ZaynDontBeAfraid," which started as a response to the death threats. Check out some of these nicer tweets here:

#ZaynDontBeAfraid @zaynmalik You don't have to worry about anything. You're an amazing person and we know that! We love you bc we know you. — 4 YEARS OF HAPPINESS (@TaraHoran549) July 29, 2014

#ZaynDontBeAfraid we are with you and will not let anything bad happen @zaynmalik

— Izzy (@oiforks) July 29, 2014

#ZaynDontBeAfraid Some so called "Directioners" sends death threats to @zaynmalik and call themselves Directioners lol Pathetic! ILYSM ZAYN — NeymarZaynster (@NicolePCDoll1D) July 29, 2014

I hate seeing zayn getting hate & being called "terrorist" like wtf he is giving back all the time #zayndontbeafraid pic.twitter.com/GUGiazj2tJ

— I'm Enrique Iglesias (@jessleal7) July 29, 2014

What do you think of this new Twitter controversy? Was Zayn in the wrong? Were these death threats over the top? Share your opinion on this matter in the comments section below!

(via Billboard)