Published October 25th, 2020 - 08:37 GMT. Rezaul Karim, the head of the Islami Andolon group in Bangladesh, called on France to refrain from displaying caricatures of the prophet. Social media users in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have called for a boycott of French supermarket giant Carrefour. Source: IRNA. Dear Mr President, Emanuel Macron. There was also condemnation from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. No one is saying the Majlis Ash-Shura is advocating for violence, but it should be careful not to incite people looking for justifications for lashing out. “Because Charlie Hebdo chose to use his publication to vilify my faith, dehumanize my community, demoralize my prophet, and I absolutely will say you can have freedom of speech and I have the freedom to call you a bigot and a racist.”. And not just because of their hypocrisy towards China or their mass murder policies towards Muslims but for how much they insult/disrespect my beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) repeatedly through government sanction. Arab Trade Groups Boycott French Goods Claiming Disrespect of Prophet Mohammed. In a Facebook post, Naik quoted a verse from the Quran, referring to the recent incident of disrespect of the Holy Prophet in France. The crisis in France offers a challenge to Western “progressives” who seem far more tolerant of conservative Islam than any other faith. Nothing good ever comes from disrespect. Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the French charge d'affaires over growing anti-Islam comments in France and French officials' support for them, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported Tuesday. © 2021 Deutsche Welle | There have also been protests held in Iraq, Syria, Libya, the Gaza Strip, and Bangladesh, the last of which attracted tens of thousands of demonstrators and included burning effigies of Macron. Reset brings on two local Muslim leaders to discuss how the situation in France is reverberating in our area. It is the conflict of our age, yet no one dares talk about it. In his post, Naik had warned of serious consequences for those who disrespect ‘Messenger of Allah’. The explosion of a jetliner over India triggers an Apocalyptic battle that sweeps across the subcontinent. Reprint. In the age of globalization, non-Muslims and critics of Islam have felt free to depict Mohammed, including in offensive ways. If you can, please contribute to Geller Report. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. France considers religious satire to be among the kinds of speech that fall under the freedom of expression, while many Muslims consider any perceived attack on their prophet as a grave offense. But when you’re in lock-step with Ayatollah Khamenei, a theocratic dictator whose forces murder protesters, maybe Emmanuel Macron is not the problem. TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the obstinate insistence in France on insulting the Prophet of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). “Muhammad is the only person in the world that can’t get ripped on,” the character Cartman said in the now-missing episode. over the planned Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero. France warned its citizens living or traveling in several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. We're not done yet! France has responded to statements by Prime Minister Imran Khan and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan criticizing the 'Islamophobic comments' made by its. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday urged Western governments to outlaw blasphemy of Prophet Muhammad under the guise of freedom … Khatibzadeh added that undoubtedly the unacceptable and violent actions of the few extremists that originated from an extremist and deviant thought in the Islamic world and ironically, its owners are also political partners close to the West and the United States, cannot serve as justification for insulting and disrespecting the heavenly figure respected by one billion and eight hundred million Muslims in the world. Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has denounced the president of France’s “stupid” support for disrespect for Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as an insult to the reason of the French voters who elected Macron. A consortium of New York mosques plans to protest at the French Consulate in Manhattan this Sunday to express their rage at Emmanuel Macron’s support for publishing caricatures of Islam’s prophet Muhammad. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. Association head Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux told French broadcaster BFMTV: "I call on the companies to resist the blackmail and unfortunately to endure this boycott for the time being. Pakistan: ‘Outlaw Disrespect For Prophet Muhammad’ ... Wilders asked Khan to have the head of an anti-France far-right religious group, Saad Rizvi arrested, and ban his “Islamofacist party”, which had issued a religious decree against the anti-Islam lawmaker for organizing the cartoon contest. TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – The speaker of the Iranian Parliament strongly condemned the insult to the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) in France. 4m. Their theme was strikingly similar to the motive of the Charlie Hebdo jihad killers: after they had murdered twelve people in the Charlie Hebdo offices, one of the gunmen shouted, “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad.”. "It's my story, it's what happens when someone fights for freedom in America today," Several Arab countries have condemned the French incitement against the Islamic religion and the Holy Prophet Muhammad, warning that these repeated insults fuel hatred among the peoples. He later added that "we won't renounce the caricatures.". Introduction. By Trend. Muslim World Unites Against France – Many Countries Branding President Macron As ‘Devil’. As part of a class on free speech, history teacher Samuel Paty showed his students some caricatures of Muhammad that had been published by the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015. The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saeed Khatibzadeh on Saturday condemned the stubborn continuation of insulting actions against the Prophet (PBUH) in France, which unfortunately has in some cases been accompanied by the support of some officials, saying insulting Islamic values and Muslim beliefs is unacceptable and rejected. The row has led to protests, boycotts and condemnations. “We cannot tolerate any such disrespect & abuse.” Denying the Holocaust is an illegal offence in several European countries — including Germany and France — and offenders can be sent to prison. European leaders have rallied around Macron and criticized attacks on him, particularly from Turkey. ". The outcry over remarks about Islam by French President Emmanuel Macron and cartoons of Prophet Muhammad has escalated. It is not explicitly forbidden by the Quran, but some accounts forbid Muslims from depicting him. Another protester, Afhaaq Hussain Khan said, "We will not let anyone disrespect our Prophet Mohammad (SAW) be it even the president of France. Help me in the Cause, any one want to be administrator of this page he is welcome. Assassinating the character of the Holy Prophet of Islam, who is an example of a perfect human being, is the destruction of the perfections and values of all human society. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. — Ahsan Khan (@Ahsankhanuk) October 27, 2020 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tweeted: "President Erdogan's words addressing President Emmanuel Macron are unacceptable," adding that the Netherlands stood "for the freedom of speech and against extremism and radicalism. Islamophobia in France It is not an art to disrespect a prophet, Rouhani said, adding that insulting a prophet is rather encouraging violence. "Never give credit to French-labeled goods, don't buy them," Erdogan said on Monday during a televised speech. “The Muslim world will not tolerate such blatant disrespect of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and stands in solidarity with their French Muslim brothers and sisters.” The release was issued before Thursday morning’s terrorist attacks in France, including a triple murder at a Nice church in which a woman was beheaded. Please take a moment to consider this. It's open and free. Read more: Macron's plans to protect French values alienate Muslims. Privacy Policy | Legal notice | Here we are again. France had always been a staunch critique of ‘Islam’ and never missing a moment to … In this book, a community of international media researchers collects some of the lessons learned and questions provoked and offered by media coverage of the Mohammed cartoons in 16 countries, ranging from Denmark, Egypt and Argentina to ... He was killed on his way home by an 18-year-old Chechnya-born man. In reality there is always a low level threat of violence between men. Texas shooter: “When will the kuffar understand and stop insulting the prophet?”. The Muslim world will not tolerate such blatant disrespect of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and stands in solidarity with their French Muslim brothers and sisters. Emmanuel Macron has found himself demonised amid growing protests in Islamic countries, as hard-liners lash out at his defence of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Saudi Arabia has sold its moral and ethical values. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too. “We Muslims have the greatest love & respect for our Prophet,” he tweeted. Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. “The Muslim world will not tolerate such blatant disrespect of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and stands in solidarity with their French Muslim brothers and sisters.” The release was issued before Thursday morning’s terrorist attacks in France, including a triple murder at a Nice church in which a woman was beheaded. Muslim nations are protesting with calls to boycott French products. The last few days saw repeated clashes in Pakistan between the police and the protestors of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) who demanded the expulsion of France’s Ambassador from Pakistan. The rally is drawing support from the anti-Israel group American Muslims for Palestine and several New York chapters of the Muslim American Society, a group founded by Muslim Brotherhood members in the United States. “The French President is directly provoking the Muslim world in his support of offensive and vulgar depictions of the beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH),” the Majlis Ash-Shura, or Leadership Council, or Islamic Leadership Council, of New York said in a news release. In the wake of the Hebdo mass murder, Islamic supremacists and terror-tied imams from across America gathered in Texas (here) and held a Stand With the Prophet in Honor and Respect conference, a weekend forum billed as a “movement to defend Prophet Muhammad, his person, and his message” in defense of free speech violence. Gen. Nasirzadeh, Iranian woman snatches bronze medal at IFSC World Championships, Iran jumps 7 places in global innovation index 2021, Iran and Finland to expand economic cooperation. Found insideToday, this diversity is mostly absent. In this book, Heather J. Sharkey examines the history that Muslims, Christians, and Jews once shared against the shifting backdrop of state policies. The Noble Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) entered the cave and he placed his holy and blessed head on the lap of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique, and went to sleep. "France is a great country, Muslim citizens are not persecuted, they freely construct their mosques and they freely practice their religion," it said. Its institutionalized Islamophobia. October 28, 2020. But its references to “provoking the Muslim world” which “will not tolerate” such expressions came well after a similar attack Oct. 16 left middle school teacher Samuel Paty beheaded for showing his class Muhammad cartoons as part of a lesson on free speech. Send Facebook Twitter reddit EMail Facebook Messenger Web Whatsapp Web Telegram linkedin. “I am absolutely not Charlie. Islam in the Post-Secular Society offers an interpretation of the struggles that Muslims face within secular western society, and attempts to find a path for a future reconciliation. After community complaints about this lesson, Paty was killed and beheaded outside his school by an 18-year-old Chechen extremist. 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