Sat 24 October 2020:
“Any denigration or violation of the Islamic beliefs, sanctities and symbols are absolutely rejected”
In response to the insulting statements against Islam and the prophet, a great number of activists from the Arab countries started a trumpeted campaign to boycott French-made goods. By backing the boycott call, a large number of supermarkets in the Gulf said they will remove all French products from the shelves.
The least we could do is boycott their products #boycottfrenchproducts #boycottfrance #رسولنا_خط_أحمر #مقاطعه_المنتجات_الفرنسيه #فرنسا_تسيء_لنبي_الأمة pic.twitter.com/7h5hbbLl31
— Fareeha (@frhamirza) October 24, 2020
#boycottfrance #boycottfrenchproducts
New Shops joined the campaign… 🙏 pic.twitter.com/T39VzUGS3I
— Md Waliullah (@MdWaliullah22) October 24, 2020
Several Arab trade groups have announced their boycott of French products in response to incitements against the Islamic religion and insulting statements against Prophet Muhammad.
Arab activists also launched several social media campaigns for the boycott of all French products, using several hashtags as (#boycottfrance #boycott_French_products #ProphetMuhammad).
In Kuwait, the Alnaeem Cooperative Society, a large series of supermarkets in the Gulf state, said it will remove all French products from the shelves in protest of the French insulting statements against Islam and the prophet.
شركات تلتحق بحملة مقاطعة المنتوجات الفرنسية وجامعة تلغي الاسبوع الثقافي الفرنسي، تفاعلا مع حملة متصاعدة في الدول الاسلامية، ردا على تهجم الرئيس الفرنسي على الاسلام والمسلمين ودعوته لنشر الرسوم#مقاطعه_المنتجات_الفرنسيه #boycottfrance pic.twitter.com/NhXSy85g7k
— مجلة ميم (@MeemMagazine) October 24, 2020
A similar move was taken by several trade groups such as the Suburb Afternoon Association, Eqaila Cooperative Society and Saad Al Abdallah City Cooperative Society. The three groups published photos showing French products being removed from their shelves.
In Qatar, Alwajba Dairy Company and Almeera Consumer Goods Company said they will boycott the French products and will provide other alternatives.
“Any denigration or violation of the Islamic beliefs, sanctities and symbols are absolutely rejected,” the university said in a statement. “These insults harm the universal human values and the high ethical principles of all societies,” it added on Twitter.
In recent weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron attacked Islam and the Muslim community, accusing Muslims of “separatism”. He described Islam as a “a religion in crisis all over the world”.
This coincided with a provocative move by Charlie Hebdo, a left-wing French magazine infamous for publishing anti-Islamic caricatures, which have drawn widespread anger and outrage across the Muslim world.
The caricatures were first published in 2006 by a Danish newspaper Jylllands Posten, sparking a wave of protests.
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