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Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar led a strong attack on the French magazine “Charlie Hebdo”, considering its publication of insulting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad “a provocative attack and a form of” terrorist humor “.
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Akar said, in a speech he delivered Monday at the inauguration of the new 2020-2021 academic year at the Turkish State National Defense University, addressing the commanders of the military forces and cadets: “There is hostility towards Turkey, Islam and Muslims by some European countries in particular. “
He added: “As we said before, we strongly condemn the disturbing and provocative attacks against the sanctities of others by the so-called Charlie Hebdo magazine. It is truly an immoral and despicable act.”
He continued: “What Charlie Hebdo magazine did has nothing to do with freedom of thought, but an intellectual shortage and terrorist mockery that would annoy, provoke and humiliate others.”
He added: “In Turkey, no official or private institution can attack the sanctities of others. We do not attack the sanctities, whatever they are.”
Akar considered that rational French citizens do not agree with this act and that he expects a reaction from them, also stressing that it is against any terrorist act wherever it is found.
The case of cartoons insulting the prophet Muhammad in France
In early September, the French newspaper “Charlie Hebdo” reissued offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, who in January 2015 sparked a terrorist attack at his headquarters in Paris that killed 12 people and sparked a wave of anger in the Islamic world.
On October 16, a young man of Chechen origin named Abdullah Anzurov (18 years old), the history teacher Samuel Patty, (47), was murdered in front of a preparatory school in the northern Paris suburb of Conflans-Saint-Honorine, where he beheaded him with a knife and tried to threaten the police who arrived at the scene and killed the attacker with bullets.
Various sources said the attack came after the teacher showed his students insulting drawings of the Prophet Muhammad, while eyewitnesses reported that the attacker chanted “God is great” after killing Patti.
In the context of these events, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech in which he described Bate as the “face of the republic”, promising that “France would not abandon cartoons”, while describing Muslims in France as “separatists”, directing new measures to prevent the spread of “extremism among Muslims.” ” in the country.
As a result, France witnessed during the month of October an intensification of the publication of insulting images and drawings of the Prophet Muhammad through the media as they were shown on the facades of some buildings, which unleashed a wave of anger in the Islamic world.
On October 29, a man armed with a knife launched an attack in front of the Notre Dame church in the French city of Nice, killing 3 people, including an elderly woman who was beheaded, in addition to attacks in other cities.
Source: “Anatolia” + agencies
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