Mon 26 October 2020: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for Turks never to buy French goods, as he continued his sharp criticism of French leader Emmanuel Macron over his attitude towards Muslims. “Just like they say ‘Don’t buy good with Turkish brands’ in France, I am calling to all my citizens from here […]
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Mon 26 October 2020: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking a ban on Islamophobic content on the site, warning that it results in polarisation and marginalisation of Muslims. In a letter, which the Pakistani government posted on Twitter, Imran Khan said that “growing Islamophobia” was encouraging […]
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Mon 26 October 2020: Calls to boycott French goods are growing around the world after President Emmanuel Macron’s comments against Islam and Muslims. Macron on Wednesday accused Muslims of separatism and vowed not to give up cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammed. Saudi Arabia Council of Senior Scholars Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior […]
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Mon 26 October 2020: In recent weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron has 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 satirical magazine infamous for publishing anti-Islamic caricatures which […]
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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 […]
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Sun 25 October 2020: Hallmark of a leader is he unites human beings, as Mandela did, rather than dividing them Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Sunday denounced what he called was “encouragement of Islamophobia” by French President Emmanuel Macron, saying the European leader had chosen to “deliberately provoke” Muslims, including his own citizens. […]
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Sun 25 October 2020: Calls to boycott French goods are growing around the world after President Emmanuel Macron’s comments against Islam and Muslims. Macron on Wednesday accused Muslims of separatism and vowed not to give up cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammed. The leader’s comments came in response to the beheading of a teacher, Samuel Paty, a […]
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Sat 24 October 2020: France on Saturday condemned as unacceptable comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan questioning the mental health of French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, adding Paris was recalling its envoy to Ankara for consultations. “President Erdogan’s comments are unacceptable. Excess and rudeness are not a method. We demand that Erdogan change the course […]
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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 […]
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Sat 24 October 2020: The General Secretariat of the (OIC) on Friday 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.” It […]
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