DOHA: Twitter followers of the Dubai police chief, Dahi Khalfan, have been missing him for the past two days after he announced he was taking a break from tweeting for 10 days to “study” the Muslim Brotherhood’s history.
Khalfan, a controversial figure known for Brotherhood-bashing, has nearly half-a-million followers and his tweets mostly target the group and its leaders.
“I am taking a break from tweeting for 10 days to study what all the Brotherhood has done since its inception decades ago,” the Dubai police boss said on his Twitter account last weekend.
Though his style is often tongue-and-cheek, he has many ardent and serious followers in the Arab world. Early last month, he told Egypt’s Al Hayat TV that if the Brotherhood (whose political wing rules Egypt) succeeds in its rule, he would tender a public apology to the organisation and admit his mistake. Earlier, Khalfan had thundered that no Brotherhood leader will be allowed to set foot in the UAE. “We respect our rulers in the UAE and we have peace and prosperity,” he had said.
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