A Saudi Arabian organization is apologizing after posting an image on Twitter appearing to show an Air Canada plane heading toward the CN Tower in a way that is reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. 
 
 "As the Arabic saying goes: 'He who interferes with what doesn't concern him finds what doesn't please him,'" reads a caption superimposed over the image. The infographic also accuses Canada of "sticking one's nose where it doesn't belong." 
 
 It was posted on the Twitter account of Infographic KSA which, according to its website, is a Saudi youth organization made up of volunteers interested in technology. 
 
 The Infographic KSA account is verified by Twitter and has over 350,000 followers, with another 88,000 on Instagram. It has a history of posting messages that are supportive of the Saudi government. 
 
 Social media users pointed out the image seemed to reference the Sept. 11 attacks, when passenger airliners were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Over 2,700 people were killed in those attacks. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens. 
 
 Diplomatic tensions 
 
 The move follows the outbreak of a public spat between the governments of Canada and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over human rights. 
 
 Saudi Arabia ordered the Canadian ambassador to leave the country and recalled its own ambassador on Sunday after Global Affairs Canada sent a tweet expressing "grave concern" over the recent arrests of civil society and women's rights activists and calling for their "immediate release." 
 
 Canada is gravely concerned about additional arrests of civil society and women’s rights activists in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaudiArabia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaudiArabia</a>, including Samar Badawi. We urge the Saudi authorities to immediately release them and all other peaceful <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/humanrights?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#humanrights</a> activists. —@CanadaFP 
 
 Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry responded on Twitter saying "KSA through its history has not and will not accept any form of interfering in the internal affairs of the Kingdom." Saudi Arabia also announced Sunday it would be suspending all new trade and investment transactions with Canada. 
 
 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Statement?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Statement</a> | KSA through its history has not and will not accept any form of interfering in the internal affairs of the Kingdom. The KSA considers the Canadian position an attack on the KSA and requires a firm stance to deter who attempts to undermine the sovereignty of the KSA. —@KSAmofaEN 
 
 After social media users pointed out the threatening nature of the photo, Infographic KSA deleted the tweet and posted an apology. 
 
 "The aircraft was intended to symbolize the return of the ambassador," read the tweet. "We realize this was not clear and any other meaning was unintentional." 
 
 The image was later reposted without the plane to Infographic KSA's Twitter and Instagram accounts. 
 
 Just after 3 p.m. on Monday, the Saudi ministry of media announced it had launched an investigation into the account after receiving a complaint. 
 
 "The ministry has ordered the owner of the account to shut it down until investigations are completed," read the tweet. 
 
 Based on a complaint filed to the ministery of Media about a post by <a href="https://twitter.com/Infographic_ksa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Infographic_ksa</a>, the ministry has ordered the owner of the account to shut it down until investigations are completed, according to electronic broadcasting laws in KSA. <a href="https://t.co/jD2maoOyEV">pic.twitter.com/jD2maoOyEV</a> —@media_ksa 
 
 Amarnath Amarasingnam, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, said it is difficult to say but the organization seems to be connected to the Saudi media ministry. 
 
 He said that it "seems to exist solely to turn Saudi government press releases into pretty infographics for social media." 
 
 Asked if the Canadian government was aware of the image and whether it prompted any specific response, Public Safety spokesperson Scott Bardsley declined comment.​ 
 
 With files from CBC's Shanifa Nasser ||||| Image copyright EPA Image caption Samar Badawi - a prominent human rights campaigner whose brother is serving a 10-year sentence - was arrested last week 
 
 Saudi Arabia's state airline has suspended its direct flights to Toronto after Canada called for the release of detained activists for civil society and women's rights. 
 
 The Middle Eastern country has also frozen all trade and expelled Canada's ambassador over the "interference". 
 
 Canada has responded by saying it "will continue to advocate for human rights". 
 
 Those held include the Saudi-American human rights campaigner Samar Badawi, sister of jailed blogger Raif Badawi. 
 
 Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said she was "deeply concerned" by the diplomat's expulsion, but added: "Canada will always stand up for the protection of human rights, including women's rights and freedom of expression around the world. 
 
 "We will never hesitate to promote these values and we believe that this dialogue is critical to international diplomacy." 
 
 Her Saudi counterpart, Adel al-Jubeir, had earlier tweeted that Canada's position was based on "misleading information", adding that anyone arrested was "subject to Saudi laws that guarantee their rights". 
 
 The leading Saudi women's rights campaigner Manal al-Sharif thanked Canada for "speaking up" and asked when other Western powers would do the same. 
 
 In what appeared to be a further sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries, a verified Twitter account, which is reportedly linked to Saudi authorities, shared an image of a plane flying towards Toronto's famed CN Tower. 
 
 The image was overlaid with text, including a quote which read "he who with what doesn't concern him finds what doesn't please him". 
 
 People on social media have been quick to point out the similarities between the image and images of 9/11. 
 
 The account has since been deleted, but cached versions of the tweet are circulating online. 
 
 Who is being held? 
 
 Last Tuesday, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said at least 15 human rights defenders and women's rights activists critical of the Saudi government had been arrested or detained arbitrarily since 15 May. 
 
 Eight of them are believed to have been released pending "procedural reviews", but the whereabouts of several others are unknown. 
 
 Several of those detained have been accused of serious crimes, including "suspicious contact with foreign parties", and could face up to 20 years in prison. 
 
 Human rights groups reported that Ms Badawi was also detained last week, along with fellow women's rights campaigner Nassima al-Sadah. 
 
 Ms Badawi was given the US International Women of Courage Award in 2012 and is known for challenging Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system. 
 
 Her brother Raif was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam" online back in 2014, while his wife, Ensaf Haidar, lives in Canada and recently became a Canadian citizen. 
 
 What did Canada say? 
 
 Image copyright AFP Image caption Chrystia Freeland called for the release of Samar Badawi and her brother Raif 
 
 Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland wrote on Twitter on Thursday that she was "very alarmed" to learn that Ms Badawi had been detained. 
 
 The next day, the Canadian foreign ministry called for the activist's "immediate release". 
 
 How did Saudi Arabia react? 
 
 The Saudi foreign ministry statement expressed "disbelief [at] this negative unfounded comment which was not based [on] any accurate or true information". 
 
 It insisted the activists were being detained lawfully and that the Canadian statements represented "blatant interference in the kingdom's domestic affairs". 
 
 The ministry recalled its ambassador to Canada for consultations and declared the Canadian ambassador persona non grata, giving him 24 hours to leave. 
 
 Saudi Arabia would also "put on hold all new business and investment transactions with Canada while retaining its right to take further action", it said. Trade between the two countries was worth $3bn (£2.3bn) in 2016. 
 
 All scholarships enabling Saudi students to study in Canada were also suspended, while students already in the country will be relocated. 
 
 It is unclear how many people this will affect. The Vancouver Sun said in 2015 that about 5,000 new students arrive from Saudi Arabia each year.
– Saudi Arabia shut down the Twitter account of a government-linked youth group after it escalated the kingdom's dispute with Canada by appearing to threaten a 9/11-style attack on Toronto. The Infographic KSA site posted an image of an Air Canada plane flying toward the CN Tower, with the caption "As the Arabic saying goes: 'He who interferes with what doesn't concern him finds what doesn't please him,'" reports the CBC, which notes that 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis. The image also had the phrase: "Sticking one's nose where it doesn't belong," an apparent reference to the Canadian government's statements supporting detained Saudi women's rights activists. Before it was shut down pending a Saudi media ministry investigation, the youth group apologized, claiming that the image of the plane was supposed to represent Canada's expelled ambassador arriving home. Beyond kicking out the ambassador, Saudi Arabia, denouncing Canadian "interference" in its affairs, has canceled the national airline's flights to Toronto, frozen new investment in Canada, and ordered 15,000 Saudi students not to attend Canadian universities, Al Jazeera reports. But Ottawa is standing firm, with officials saying they "will continue to advocate for human rights" and call for the release of detained activists, including Samar Badawi, sister of jailed dissident Raif Badawi, reports the BBC.