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Macron sees the publication of the cartoon as proof that the right to freedom of expression is protected in France.
Kadyrov is a close alliance of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kadyrov argued after France warned its citizens living or traveling in various Muslim-majority countries to be careful because of the dangers associated with the cartoon.
The problem has its roots in a knife attack in front of a French school on October 16 where a man is Chechnya beheading Samuel Paty, a teacher who shows cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students in a lesson on freedom of expression.
The cartoon was first published by a satirical magazine whose offices in Paris were attacked by gunmen who killed 12 people in 2015. The cartoon was seen as insulting the Prophet Muhammad and was criticized around the world.
Kadyrov is a former rebel who has supported the Kremlin’s military campaign to crush militant Islamic insurgencies in Chechnya and Russian territory. (Also read: Saudi Arabia criticizes a cartoon that insults the prophet Muhammad SAW)
He ignored the fact that the attacker Paty was born in Chechnya. According to him, the perpetrators of the attack had grown up in France. (See infographic: List of French products potentially boycotted by the Muslim world)
