Sun 25 October 2020:
France on Sunday urged Middle Eastern countries to stop retail companies from boycotting French products.
The foreign affairs ministry said in a statement that in recent days there had been calls to boycott French products, notably food products, in several Middle Eastern countries as well as calls for demonstrations against France over the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
“These calls for boycott are baseless and should stop immediately, as well as all attacks against our country, which are being pushed by a radical minority,” the statement said.
Condemnation
On Friday, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned continued attacks and incitement against Muslim sentiment and insults of Prophet Muhammad.
A statement by the group criticized the “discourse from certain French politicians, which it deems to be harmful to the Muslim-French relations, hate-mongering and only serving partisan political interests.”
Egypt’s world renowned Islamic institution denounced Macron’s remarks about Islam.
Scholars at Al Azhar University on Sunday called Macron’s statement ‘racist’.
They say that French President’s remarks have nothing to do with the true essence of Islam.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday slammed Macron over his policies toward Muslims, saying that the French president needed “mental checks.”
“What can one say about a head of state who treats millions of members from different faith groups this way: first of all, have mental checks,” Erdogan said in a televised address.
On Saturday, Jordan’s foreign ministry said it condemned the “continued publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammed under the pretext of freedom of expression” and any “discriminatory and misleading attempts that seek to link Islam with terrorism.”
-Independentpress with Agnecy
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