What Are Some People Saying About The Orlando Shooting In Arabic?

Full information is yet to be known about the tragic shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Early reports suggest that Omar Mateen killed 50 people and injured over 50 others in what appears to be an attack motivated by Islamic fundamentalism.

Thanks to the good work of twitter user @ahmedaa1k, I was able to show you what was being said in Arabic by some people about atheists a while back. The same twitter user has also translated some of the Arabic language responses to the Orlando shooting. It’s not good news either.

Please keep in mind, Ahmed is the individual translating these tweets, not the individual making these abhorrent comments:

The following two examples are replies to @hades_the_1’s well wishes towards the victims:

This is just a sample of what Ahmed has uncovered on his timeline, but I think you get the idea.

Even if the ‘nothing to do with Islam’ crowd could convince you this heinous crime had nothing to do with Islam, they still have all their work ahead of them to explain the evident Muslim support for it.

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