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President’s statement French Emmanuel Macron provoked the wrath of the Muslim world for being considered an insult Islam. Macron’s lengthy statement originated in his defense of the publication of the cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.
Emmanuel Macron promised to fight against radical Islamic groups after the beheading of a history professor on (10/16). The teacher was beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students in a class discussion about freedom of expression.
Macron sparked controversy when he said that Islam is a religion that is experiencing a global crisis.
The controversy began in early October. At the time, Macron issued a statement on the threat of radical Muslim groups who wanted to change the values of liberalism and secularism in France.
“There is a radical Islamist group, an organization that has methods to challenge republican law and create parallel societies to build other values,” Macron said at the time.
Shortly after making that statement, a murder occurred, precisely on (10/16). A teacher in France, Samuel Paty (47), was beheaded in the Eragny area by a young Chechen immigrant, Abdoullakh Abouyezidovitch (18).
The teacher was beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students in a class discussion about freedom of expression.
At first, it was reported that he had allowed several Muslim students to leave the classroom if they disagreed with the material he discussed.
After the incident, Macron went directly to the scene. He claimed that the perpetrator was a radical Muslim. He called Paty a martyr for teaching freedom of speech.
On the other hand, Macron immediately ordered the security forces to monitor a number of Muslim community organizations in his country and closed several mosques suspected of spreading radicalism.
“Secularism is the union of French unity. Let us not fall into the trap set by extremist groups, who seek to stigmatize all Muslims,” Macron said.
The controversy over the cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has been going on since 2005.
The following is a series of events resulting from the controversial cartoon of Prophet Muhammad, quoted from AFP.
From 2005
In 2005, the conservative Danish daily Jyllands-Posten published 12 photos with the headline “Face of Muhammad”.
The post angered several Muslims.
Muslim officials around the world demanded an apology from Denmark and thousands of Muslims demonstrated in Copenhagen.
In early 2006, Saudi Arabia withdrew its ambassador in Copenhagen, and the boycott of Danish products spread throughout the Arab world. Some Danish websites have even been attacked by hackers.
After the events of the Danish newspapers, the Norwegian Christian newspaper Magazinet and the Paris-based satire magazine Charlie Hebdo appeared. They both do the same in the name of freedom of expression.
Reprint
Jyllands-Posten’s cartoon of the Prophet was reprinted by Charlie Hebdo in 2006. His second publication caused controversy around the world.
In Gaza, armed groups have threatened to vent their anger against Western journalists.
Then, in Beirut, Damascus and Tehran, Indonesia, Somalia, Nigeria and Afghanistan, there were violent demonstrations in European embassies that left dozens dead.
In February 2008, after a period of calm, the reissue by 17 Danish newspapers of the most controversial cartoon sparked outrage in many Muslim countries.
In June 2008, an alleged suicide attack by Al-Qaeda against the Danish embassy in Islamabad killed six people.
Two years later, Danish police arrested a 28-year-old Somali with a knife at the home of artist Westergaard.
In 2015, Danish-born Omar El-Hussein shot and killed a filmmaker outside a freedom of expression event attended by Swedish artist Lars Vilks. Vilks in 2007 described the Prophet Muhammad as a dog.
Around May 2015, police shot dead two gunmen who opened fire in Texas near a center that was hosting a Muhammad cartoon contest.
Subsequently, in November 2011, arson attacks occurred against Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris, in response to the renaming of the “Charia (Sharia) Hebdo” edition with a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover.
Then, on January 7, 2015, two French militants killed 12 people, including five artists, in the weekly office. The attackers were shot by the police on the third day of their escape.
The publication a week after an issue of Charlie Hebdo with a picture of the Prophet on the cover sparked violent demonstrations across the Muslim world, killing 10 people in Nigeria.
In September 2020, when the trials for the alleged assault on Charlie Hebdo began, the newspaper republished the cartoon, enraging several Muslim nations. Al-Qaeda again threatened to attack its newsroom.
Three weeks after the trial, a man armed with a knife seriously wounded two people in front of Charlie Hebdo’s former office.
(ndn / dea)
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