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U.S. Embassy calls out Muslim Brotherhood for conflicting tweets
The U.S. called out the Muslim Brotherhood for apparently tweeting a different set of messages—a kind one in English, and one in Arabic with a different tone—as demonstrators and security forces were battling outside the embassy in Cairo.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s English-language Twitter account (@Ikhwanweb) retweeted a message from deputy head Khairat el-Shater saying he was “relieved none of @USEmbassyCairo staff was harmed” and hoped U.S.-Egypt relations “will sustain [the] turbulence of Tuesday’s events.”
However, according to ahramonline.com, the Brotherhood’s Arabic-language Twitter account and its website were praising the protests staged against a U.S.-made film that some Muslims deem insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. The Brotherhood’s messages also called for a million-man march on Friday.
That prompted an interesting response from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo: “Thanks. By the way, have you checked out your own Arabic feeds? I hope you know we read those too.”
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news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/u-embassy-calls-muslim-brotherhood-conflicting-tweets-190521793.html
The U.S. called out the Muslim Brotherhood for apparently tweeting a different set of messages—a kind one in English, and one in Arabic with a different tone—as demonstrators and security forces were battling outside the embassy in Cairo.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s English-language Twitter account (@Ikhwanweb) retweeted a message from deputy head Khairat el-Shater saying he was “relieved none of @USEmbassyCairo staff was harmed” and hoped U.S.-Egypt relations “will sustain [the] turbulence of Tuesday’s events.”
However, according to ahramonline.com, the Brotherhood’s Arabic-language Twitter account and its website were praising the protests staged against a U.S.-made film that some Muslims deem insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. The Brotherhood’s messages also called for a million-man march on Friday.
That prompted an interesting response from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo: “Thanks. By the way, have you checked out your own Arabic feeds? I hope you know we read those too.”
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news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/u-embassy-calls-muslim-brotherhood-conflicting-tweets-190521793.html