Situation Analysis, Students

Islamophobia in France and the Boycott of French Products in Arab Countries ‎

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the re-publication of caricatures embodying the Prophet Muhammad and his campaign against Islam on Wednesday October 21, 2020 during a memorial service for a French teacher who was killed by a young Chechen Muslim by cutting his head; As a result of showing his students caricatures insulting to the Prophet Muhammad in a lecture on freedom of expression. The French government also closed a large number of mosques, charitable societies and Islamic clubs. Macron assured that his country will not give up publishing pictures and cartoons embodying the Prophet Muhammad, and Macron’s statements aroused the anger of Muslims around the world, in addition to boycotting French goods.