Massive protests Continued among Muslims President of France remarks October 31, 8:03
Large-scale protests continue every day among Muslims in Asia and the Middle East in response to French President Emmanuel Macron's remarks over caricatures of Islamic prophets, and in some cases police are dispatched. It has become.
French President Emmanuel Macron said this month that "Islam is in danger all over the world," and expressed after the murder of a teacher who showed his students a caricature of an Islamic prophet. Emphasized the attitude of protecting the freedom of the world.
There was widespread opposition among Muslims in Asia and the Middle East against these words and deeds, and on the 29th, which was a holiday celebrating the birth of the Prophet, and on the 30th, when there was a Friday worship, there were two consecutive large-scale events. Protests took place.
Of these, in the Old City of Jerusalem, which is also a sanctuary of Islam, many Palestinians said on the 30th, "French, shame. The Prophet is our loved one." Protests also took place in the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian man who participated in a protest in the Gaza Strip said, "As a true believer in Islam, I oppose violent behavior, but the French president's remarks insult us and blame us." I was talking.
In addition, in Lebanon and Pakistan, the behavior of some participants has become so intense that police dispatched to suppress them using tear gas.