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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Emanuel Macron (right). Image of a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris in 2016.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Turks to boycott French products over the problem of insulting Islam and Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). He also called on EU leaders to stop Emanuel Macron on anti-Islamic issues. The French Council of Muslim Faith issued a statement following his call.
The French Muslim Council says that Muslims in France are not “oppressed.” France is a very big country. Muslim citizens are not oppressed there. In France, Muslims freely build mosques and practice their religion freely.
Samuel Patti, a school teacher in Paris, explained the right of expression to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by showing him a cartoon. He was killed by a 19-year-old Chechen man. Then the protests began throughout France. Macron then said: ‘We will not give up on cartoons.’ Shortly after, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan harshly criticized the comments. Minority organizations in Western Europe also say that Macron is helping to increase Islamophobia.
French products, especially makeup and perfumes, are no longer sold in many Arab countries since the incident. Shopping malls or store shelves have been emptied. This information was reported by Deutsche Welle.
Sources: Al-Arabiya, Deutsche Welle, France 24.
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