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DW Olympia Tsipira, Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron himself had indicated at the Sorbonne on Friday that he would continue to defend the publication of Mohammed’s sketches. Today it faces a tsunami of reactions from certain Muslim countries, aimed at boycotting French products.
Agricultural products, dairy products, luxury perfumes, cosmetics and much more have been featured on social media for boycotting, with the corresponding hashtag written in Arabic.
In Qatar, the two largest retail chains Al Meera and Souq al Baladi have already taken action, recalling French products, while not answering a question from the French News Agency (AFP), at least according to the agency. The University of Qatar has also announced that it will postpone, until recently, French Cultural Week.
In Kuwait, 60 cooperatives announced the boycott with statements, in AFP, by the president of their confederation, Khaled Al Otaibi.
Mohammed al-Motairi, director of the country’s travel agency association, also said that 430 agencies had suspended their reservations and flights to France.
Criticism of Jordan too
In Jordan, the main opposition party, the “Islamic Action Front”, urged citizens to boycott French products. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry condemned “the continued publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad under the guise of freedom of expression” and “any deceptive and discriminatory attempt to link Islam with terrorism.”
According to the presidential environment in Paris, the calls for a trade boycott are an Islamic campaign organized not accidentally, but largely instigated by Turkey.
