Biting the hand that feeds them.

Via CNS News:

The Muslim Brotherhood denounced the U.S. State Department for expressing concern over the jailing of an Egyptian satirist who was accused of insulting Islam and President Mohamed Morsi, stating that denigration of the Muslim religion is a “serious breach of law.”

“The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has strongly criticized remarks made by U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on legal complaints accusing Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef of contempt of religions,” said the Muslim Brotherhood in a statement on its official English website “Ikhwan Web.”

“The US State Department spokeswoman’s comments suggest that this is simply a matter of insulting a president, while the main issue in the legal complaints is contempt of the religion of Islam and denigrating religious rites,” they said.  “This contempt, if true, represents a serious breach of the law and a violation of customs and social and cultural constants in Egyptian society, which can have serious repercussions in this sensitive phase of Egypt’s democratic transformation, fueling feelings of rage in Egyptians, who reject the cynicism and sarcasm insulting their religious rites.”