Report: Muslim Brotherhood ‘Crucifies’ Opponents, Clamps Down on Secular Media:
As the Muslim Brotherhood continues to solidify its ever-expanding power in Egypt, several Arabic news agencies — including Arab News, Al Khabar News, Dostor Watany and Egypt Now — are reporting that opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood were “crucified” in Egypt last week, the Algemeiner reports.But wait! It gets better:
While we can’t independently verify the accuracy of the various reports, crucifixion would signal a significant shift in tactics in the way the Muslim Brotherhood deals with opponents.
The Algemeiner provides a translation of an excerpt of one relevant report:
A Sky News Arabic correspondent in Cairo confirmed that protestors belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood crucified those opposing Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi naked on trees in front of the presidential palace while abusing others. Likewise, Muslim Brotherhood supporters locked the doors of the media production facilities of 6-October [a major media region in Cairo], where they proceeded to attack several popular journalists.Raymond Ibrahim, a fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an associate fellow at the Middle East Forum, says the escalation is the product of what the media in the Middle East call “partisans.”
“Arabic media call them ‘supporters,‘ ’followers,‘ and ’partisans’ of the Muslim Brotherhood,” Ibraham said, adding that the “partisans” will not discriminate and both Egyptians and Christians may be targeted.
Additionally, “Militant Muslims crucifying their opponents is a regular feature of the Islamic world—recent cases coming from the Ivory Coast, where two Christian brothers were crucified, similarly by supporters of a Muslim president who ousted a Christian; Indonesia, where Islamic separatists crucified a fellow Muslim for being a military informant; and in Iraq, where Muslim militants crucified Christian children.”Right now, this is not confirmed. If it is confirmed, then perhaps it may be the case that not everyone is ready for democracy.
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A week-plus later, and I've seen nada in the MSM or even the conservative-but-mainstream folks like the Washington Times or Fox News. Only Drudge and security-hawk sites like WND and the Blaze have played it up. I smell an urban legend, since a lynching in front of the Egyptian White House would get more coverage than that; to happen otherwise requires a massive conspiracy that would defy belief.
You may be right.
The problem is that the old human habit of spreading baseless atrocity stories is running up against the new liberal habit of suppressing true atrocity stories that might depict special minorities in a bad light.
You pay your money and take your choices.
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