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Currently, Muslims around the world criticize French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments in favor of the re-publishing of the characters that insulted the Prophet Muhammad.
The caricature that Charlie Hebdo released in 2015 came into the spotlight again after a French teacher, Samuel Paty, was murdered last week by a Chechen teenager after the teacher displayed the cartoon in his class to discuss free speech. The attacker was then shot dead by police.
Last Wednesday, Macron said he would not prevent the cartoon from being published under the pretext of free speech that sparked outrage in the Muslim world.
French Muslims accuse him of trying to suppress Islam and legitimize Islamophobia.
Several Arab countries as well as Turkey and Pakistan have also condemned Macron’s stance on Muslims and Islam, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying the French leader needed a “mental health check.”
In Bangladesh, tens of thousands of protesters staged a march towards the French Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday (27/10) to show their strong objections to the statement. The demonstrators also called on people to boycott French products.
Bangladesh is a major consumer of French perfumes and cosmetics. (Read Also: Saudi Arabia Criticizes Cartoon Insulting Prophet Muhammad SAW)
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