
Pakistan: 'Insulting the Prophet of Islam is not acceptable'
Protests continue in several Pakistani cities, with posters of President McKeown being burned and calls for a boycott of French goods on social media.
Pakistanis have been seen on Twitter for the past 48 hours boycotting French products and trending #MacronApologizeToMuslims.
The Federal Cabinet of Pakistan strongly condemned the blasphemous sketches and reiterated the use of every available forum to effectively represent the sentiments of Muslims in this regard.
According to Radio Pakistan, a meeting of the Federal Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan also strongly condemned the publication of blasphemous sketches in France and the hurt of the feelings of Muslims by President Emmanuel McKeown.
The meeting decided to convey the sentiments of the Pakistani nation and the Muslim Ummah to the world through the OIC platform.
On the other hand, President McKeown has been sharply criticized by other Pakistani political leaders for not respecting "religious freedom" and for causing millions of Muslims in France to be left behind.
President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir Masood Khan also tweeted condemning President McKeown's words, "We condemn his blasphemous words and the mentality behind them." France faced a similar mentality during World War II. Why is he hurting others now? '
What is happening in Dhaka?
Thousands take to the streets in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, to demand a boycott of French goods as France takes a stand against hardline Islamic elements.
Protesters also burned the body of President McKeown. However, local police did not allow the protesters to reach the French embassy.
Police estimate that about 40,000 people took part in the protests, which were organized by the Islamic Movement of Bangladesh, one of Bangladesh's largest Islamist political parties.
Protesters chanted slogans boycotting French goods and punishing the French president.
Ata-ur-Rehman, leader of the Islamic Movement of Bangladesh, said in his speech that the French were one of the few leaders who worshiped the devil. He called on the Bangladeshi government to deport the French ambassador.
Another leader, Nasser al-Din, said: "France is an enemy of Muslims. Those who represent them are also our enemies.
What is happening in other Muslim countries?
In addition to Turkey, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, Iran, Jordan, and Kuwait are among the Islamic countries that have come under fire for insulting sketches of the Prophet of Islam and President McKeown's remarks.
A major trade union in Qatar has announced that it will remove French products from its stores shortly. The non-governmental union of consumer cooperatives says they issued the orders following a "constant insult" to the Prophet of Islam.
French products have already been removed from some supermarkets in Jordan, Qatar, and Kuwait. French-made hair and beauty products, for example, are no longer available in stores.
Besides, the French Cultural Week at Qatar University has been postponed.
Protests have also taken place in Libya, Syria, and the Gaza Strip following the French president's remarks.
In Saudi Arabia, the largest economy in the Arab world, the hashtag related to the boycott of the French supermarket China Carrefour continued to trend second. Meanwhile, anti-French demonstrations took place in Libya, Gaza, and northern Syria. Turkish-backed militias are influential in all of these countries.
What is the reason behind all this?
In a statement this month, McKeown said Islam had become a "religion of crisis" around the world and that his government would tighten the 1905 law separating religion and state in December.
Earlier, a teacher named Samuel Petty had shown his students sketches about the Prophet of Islam after which he was killed.
The French government has since ordered the closure of a mosque in Paris where videos of a teacher killed on Friday were posted on social media.
The shocking assassination of Samuel Petty has shaken people in France. On Sunday, millions of people rallied for and against freedom of expression and the teacher.
Jean-Franسوois Richard, the government's anti-terrorism lawyer, said Petty had been receiving threats since he showed controversial sketches in his class about freedom of expression.
Petty was a teacher of history and geography. He has shown these sketches to his students in several classes in recent years, telling Muslim students not to look at them if they think the sketches are unbearable or provocative. Take
According to Muslim beliefs, any image of the Prophet of Islam is forbidden and is considered highly reprehensible.
In France, the situation escalated after sketches were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The attack in the country comes at a time when 14 people are on trial for allegedly facilitating the attack on Charlie Hebdo's office in 2015. Twelve people were killed in the incident.
France has the largest Muslim population in Western Europe, and critics say the government is secular
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In a tweet on Monday, the French president said France would never give up, but for peace, he respects the views of all religions.
A statement from the French government criticized the boycott and called for a boycott of the presidential election in France.



























