— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) February 1, 2015
Several hashtags had been trending on Twitter even before the news of Kasaesbeh's violent killing emerged.
After IS released the video, allegedly showing Muath burning alive in a cage, Arab social media exploded with hashtags like 'Muath the martyr' and 'Muath the hero'.
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Coelho also expressed his view that by negotiating with IS, the Jordanian government would be legitimising them.
My God help me to be wrong but I believe Muath is dead. However, by negotiating with Daesh (ISIS/ISIL/IS) Jordan legitimized them
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) February 1, 2015
Coelho also questioned why the millions who had tweeted the #JeSuisCharlie hashtag were not tweeting #IamMuath.
I wonder where are the millions who tweeted #JeSuisCharlie . Why don't they tweet #IamMuath ?
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) February 1, 2015
The author was also vocal about who he thought was winning the war in Syria.
Syria civil war
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) February 3, 2015
Winners: Daesh (ISIS), Nusra Front, arms industry
Losers: innocent people
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