'You're a terrorist!' Men and women posing as interfaith Muslim and Jewish couples are met with horrific abuse and VIOLENCE in a thought-provoking social experiment

A YouTube experiment featuring two men and two women posing as interfaith Muslim and Jewish couples shows the shockingly hostile response they received as they walked hand-in-hand around New York.

The two 'couples' - one posing as a Jewish man and a Muslim woman and the other dressed as a Muslim man and a Jewish woman - walked around the city wearing clothing to indicate their respective faiths.

While some welcomed their open-mindedness, many met the statement with aggression and hostility - staring, swearing, shouting and chucking bottles, captured on camera for a video entitled Muslim/Jewish Marriage Experiment.

Test: The video, called Muslim/Jewish Marriage Experiment, shows two men and two women posing as a Muslim woman and a Jewish man, pictured left, and a Muslim man and a Jewish woman, pictured right

Reaction: As they walk around the streets of Brooklyn, some people stared, pictured, some shouted abuse and some even chucked objects at them

Intimidation: One man, pictured, followed one couple around for 25 minutes while appearing to film them

The video, presented by Karim Metwaly, of YouTube channel Are We Famous Now, has become an online hit and has been watched on YouTube more than 1.2 million times.

Karim, 28, who lives in New York, said he was amazed by the huge response the video has got but said they were terrified by the abuse they received. 

He said: 'I feel very surprised and did not expect that, but was really happy when there were those few who ran to us to say what we were doing was great or who we came to and asked about how they felt.'

But said the participants were 'really scared', adding: 'We didn't feel like we ever want to do it again.' 

It features Al, who is dressed to appear Jewish, and Moe, who wears clothing to give the impression he is Muslim, from YouTube channel MoeLaddin.

Explaining the concept, Karim says at the beginning of the video: 'We're going to have the Jewish man walk with the Muslim lady and the Muslim man walk with the Jewish lady. Let's see how the public reacts.'

It does not start positively when first the man posing as Jewish and the woman posing as Muslim walk through a 'Muslim/Arab neighborhood' holding hands and people in the street visibly turn to stare at them. 

Hostile: A minority of people they encounter in the video are supportive of them while others, pictured, stared and some shouted abuse

Abuse: One person shouted at the couple posing as a Muslim woman and a Jewish man: 'How'd you find her?'

When Moe asks a policeman: 'What do you think of a Muslim guy and a Jewish girl walking together?' He answers: 'No comment.'

A woman swears at them with her hands and shouts 'F***k you' at Al and the woman he is holding hands with. It then says they were 'stopped by a mob'.

One man says: 'This is so wrong on so many levels. What do you mean hand in hand?...That's a war. Try this in Brooklyn.' Another person in the group says to the woman: 'You're making Islam look bad'. 

They then move on to Brooklyn where the response is even more aggressive as the two couples walk hand in hand through a Jewish neighborhood. 

One person shouts to the person posing as a Jewish man: 'How'd you find her?'

Another man is heard saying'A f****t. You don't see a f****t?' after Moe and the woman walk past. Then a voice is heard saying: 'He's a f*****t and another f*****t and another stupid Muslim.'

A man shouts after them: 'Yeah that's what you are. A terrorist...That's what you are, a terrorist.' When the cameraman says: 'Say that again.' The man repeats to his face: 'You're a terrorist'. 

Violent: Coffee and bottles were thrown at the couple posing as a Muslim man and Jewish woman, pictured, text in the video claims

Attacking: One woman, pictured, shouts 'f**k you' as the couple posing as a Jewish man and Muslim woman walks past

Persistent: Moe, pictured, waves as someone shouts 'hi stupid' at him and his female companion

Coffee and bottles were thrown at the couple posing as a Muslim man and Jewish woman, text in the video claims. 

Moe waves at somebody who shouts 'hi stupid'.'You heard that?' says Moe. 'Somebody threw a water bottle right?'

They are then followed by a man who walked behind them filming them on his phone for 25 minutes.

The man following is heard saying: 'Social experiment...I like that...You do your thing, I'll do my thing.'

Writing on the screen says: 'Sadly the responses on both sides weren't pleasant. Is this the peace we were striving for? We continued to push through because this wasn't representative of all people.'

They find some positive responses from people who praise them for walking hand-in-hand. 

Al and the Muslim woman talk to two young men. One says: 'I think Jews and Arabs can be friends, everybody can be friends.'

Harassed: People were open in their hostility to the two couples

'Liberating': Others were more positive and praised the couples for their openness 

Peaceful: Some people shook hands with them as they walked the streets of Brooklyn

Al says: 'So what do you think of Jewish and Arab, do you think we should become peace, not fighting?' One of the men says: 'I think we should make peace. I think everyone should make peace.'

Moe asks a man: 'What do you think of a Muslim guy and a Jewish girl walking together?'  He says: 'I see it [as] highly liberating.'

He stops outside a restaurant and asks a group of three men what they think and one says: 'Sick man, what's up' and shakes his hand. 

Another man when he is asked a similar question says: 'It's good...As long as you don't fight and you get along.'

Moe says in response: 'Of course, the best thing is peace in the world you know. At the same time, we're all family, we're all one.' 

Another man they stop in the street says: 'We're cousins for a long time, right? So we have to live our lives. We believe in God. We believe in Moses, we believe in Jesus, before they were Muslims they were Jewish and Christian. What's the difference now?'

Unity: The video has attracted thousands of comments in response to the experiment, pictured

High five: This woman, pictured, approached the couple and thanked them for inspiring her

Support: These young men showed their support for Moe and the woman he was holding hands with

One of two men sitting outside a restaurant says: 'I'm Jewish and he's Muslim.'

When Moe asks him: 'What do you think of a Muslim guy and a Jewish girl walking together?' He says: 'Marhaba [welcome].' The other man, who is Muslim, says: 'My wife is Jewish.' 

Someone in the street says to Al and his female companion: 'Our peace, very very proud of you.'

A woman runs up to them and says: 'Are you a Muslim and a Jew? Nice to meet you. I saw you pass by and this is really inspiring just to see you walk hand in hand. I wanted to know if you had positive feedback or has it been? What's the feedback? You're in New York.'

Al says: 'Whether we're Jewish, Muslim or Christian I don't see why we can't love each other.'

The woman who stopped them says: 'I'm a Muslim myself and to see this is amazing. Hands down to you. High five.' Text on the video then reads: 'We need love before peace.' 

The video has prompted thousands of comments made up of a combination of positive and negative responses.  Some praised it as 'heartwarming' while others branded it a 'silly experiment'.