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Former Prime Minister Najib Razak went from showing support for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to now tell people to calm down about his arch nemesis Mahathir Mohamad through a tweet telling people that Muslims have a “right to be angry and kill” the French.“data-reactid =” 19 “>Former Prime Minister Najib Razak went from showing support for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to now tell people to calm down about his arch nemesis Mahathir Mohamad through a tweet that tells people that Muslims have a “right to be angry and kill” the French.
Najib, 67, tweeted this morning after a night of uproar online towards Mahathir’s tweet which has since been removed from the platform. Najib told everyone not to take Mahathir’s statement out of context, but also asked that the 95-year-old’s social media accounts be disconnected from the network.“data-reactid =” 20 “>Najib, 67, tweeted this morning after a night of uproar online towards Mahathir’s tweet which has since been removed from the platform. Najib told everyone not to take Mahathir’s statement out of context, but also asked that the 95-year-old’s social media accounts be disconnected from the network.
“The world should calm down and read @chedetofficial’s statement in its full context”, Najib wrote this morning. “I’m sure he didn’t mean exactly what he said. And even if he did, it is his personal opinion, not Malaysia’s. ““data-reactid =” 21 “>“The world should calm down and read @chedetofficial’s statement in its full context”, Najib wrote this morning. “I’m sure he didn’t mean exactly what he said. And even if he did, it is his personal opinion, not Malaysia’s. “
“In the meantime, someone should take away all of his social media accounts before he does any more damage,” Najib added.“data-reactid =” 22 “>“In the meantime, someone should take away all of his social media accounts before he does any more damage,” Najib added.
The world should calm down and read @chedetofficial statement in its full context. I’m sure he didn’t mean exactly what he said. And even if he did, it is his personal opinion, not Malaysia’s.
In the meantime, someone should take away all of his social media accounts before he does any more damage.
– Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) October 30, 2020
Mahathir yesterday sparked widespread outrage after issuing a 13-part Twitter thread entitled “Respect Others”, where he denounced the murder of a French history teacher who showed cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in class, but also said that practicing freedom of expression should not include “insulting other people.”“data-reactid =” 26 “>Mahathir yesterday sparked widespread outrage after issuing a 13-part Twitter thread entitled “Respect Others”, where he denounced the murder of a French history teacher who showed cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in class, but also said that practicing freedom of expression should not include “insulting other people.”
Mahathir then shared his views on what he thought were Western ideologies before saying that French President Emmanuel Macron was not “civilized” for defending the cartoons in the name of freedom of expression. The former prime minister went on to say that France had a history of killing Muslims before adding: “Muslims have the right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.”“data-reactid =” 27 “>Mahathir then shared his views on what he thought were Western ideologies before saying that French President Emmanuel Macron was not “civilized” for defending the cartoons in the name of free speech. The former prime minister went on to say that France had a history of killing Muslims before adding: “Muslims have the right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.”
Twitter has already removed the offending tweet for glorifying the violence, but not after initially placing a note underneath to tell readers that “it may be in the public’s interest that the tweet remains accessible.” The rest of the Mahathir thread was left as is.“data-reactid =” 28 “>Twitter has already removed the offending tweet for glorifying the violence, but not after initially placing a note underneath to tell readers that “it may be in the public’s interest that the tweet remains accessible.” The rest of the Mahathir thread was left as is.
Mahathir concluded his Twitter thread by saying that “in general, Muslims have not applied the law of an ‘eye for an eye'” and that “the French should teach their people to respect the feelings of others.”“data-reactid =” 29 “>Mahathir concluded his Twitter thread by saying that “in general, Muslims have not applied the law of an ‘eye for an eye'” and that “the French should teach their people to respect the feelings of others.”
He then showed his support for the ongoing boycott against French-made goods that began after the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from the French satirical magazine. Charlie hebdo They were reissued in recent weeks amid trial for the 2015 attack on his Paris office, as well as the death of French teacher Samuel Paty.“data-reactid =” 30 “>He then showed his support for the ongoing boycott against French-made goods that began after the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from the French satirical magazine. Charlie Hebdo They were reissued in recent weeks amid a trial for the 2015 attack on his Paris office, as well as the death of French teacher Samuel Paty.
French Secretary of State for Digital and Telecommunications, Cédric O, has called for Mahathir’s account to be “immediately suspended”.“data-reactid =” 31 “>French Secretary of State for Digital and Telecommunications, Cédric O, has called for Mahathir’s account to be “suspended immediately.”
“If not, @twitter would be an accessory to a formal call for murder,” he said yesterday.“data-reactid =” 32 “>“If not, @twitter would be an accessory to a formal call for murder,” he said yesterday.
Mahathir has not responded to the outrage, but his Pejuang political party last night tweeted a photo of him sitting with the Minister of Religious Affairs, Zulkifli Al-Bakri, who on Tuesday sent a book about the prophet to the French ambassador to Malaysia.“data-reactid =” 33 “>Mahathir has not responded to the outrage, but his Pejuang political party last night tweeted a photo of him sitting with the Minister of Religious Affairs, Zulkifli Al-Bakri, who on Tuesday sent a book about the prophet to the French ambassador to Malaysia.
The outrage over France and Macron has also spread to other countries such as Saudi Arabia, India and Iran.“data-reactid =” 34 “>The outrage over France and Macron has also spread to other countries such as Saudi Arabia, India and Iran.
Malaysia Condemns Charlie Hebdo Cartoons and Sends Book on Prophet Muhammad to French Ambassador
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