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Muslim Countries Call for a Complete Boycott of French Products

by Laiba
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Muslim countries are calling out for a complete boycott of french products after the president of France, Emmanuel Macron on Sunday defended his stance in a tweet that read, “We will not give in, ever.”  Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordon, and Qatar have joined the boycott, whereas Qatar and Kuwait have already removed all french products from the markets.

In Pakistan, #BoycottFrenchProducts has started to trend on Twitter alongside other Muslim countries of the world. On the other hand, small-scale protests took place in Gaza, Libya, and north of Syria.

Macron’s tweet further read, ” We respect all differences in a spirit of peace. We do not accept hate speech and defend reasonable debate. We will always be on the side of human dignity and universal values.”

Luxury brands such as Givenchy, Dior, Chanel, Cartier, Nina Ricci have also come under fire. 

The French President backed Prophet PBUH’s blasphemous cartoons to be republished in a weekly satirical French magazine called Charlie Hebdo. The government justified the decision as ‘freedom of speech’. This decision subsequently provoked outburst in Muslim communities worldwide. In Muslim societies, depictions of the Prophet is considered offensive.

Prime Minister Imran Khan Accuses Macron of Spreading Islamophobia 

In several tweets, the Prime Minister of Pakistan accused the French president of actively spreading Islamophobia and dividing the Muslim community by backing up the decision. Instead, he should have denied space to extremists.

A clip uploaded on Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Instagram captioned: “In human communities, we have to be sensitive towards what causes pain to other human beings.”  has been making rounds on social media. 

The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also called out the French President for making this poor decision. Erdogan suggested that Macron must see a doctor and also declared him as a ‘mental patient’. On Saturday, during a ceremony, Erdogan added,  “Islamophobia will overwhelm Europe and it will end itself in this cycle.”

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