The protests have expanded against the cartoons of the Holy Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and in an indication of widespread anger at France's defense of its right to publish those cartoons, protesters organized marches in the streets of a number of Islamic countries to denounce the French position.

The following are the most prominent developments related to this file in the past hours:

In the Pakistani city of Karachi, a protest stand was held against the insulting cartoons of the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace. The participants in the stand raised slogans supporting Islam and his Prophet, and rejecting the offensive cartoons.

- In Dhaka, hundreds of Muslims took to the streets of the capital of Bangladesh for the third day in a row and called in their chants for a boycott of French goods and burned dolls in the form of Macron, which they described as the enemy of Islam.

In the Somali capital, Mogadishu, hundreds of mostly young men gathered at a crowded intersection leading to the airport, chanting anti-French slogans and burning the French flag after calls to denounce France and boycott its products.

- Saudi Arabia said that it rejects any attempt to link Islam and terrorism, and condemns the offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, or any of the messengers.

The Saudi Cabinet affirmed its condemnation of every terrorist act or any practices and actions that generate hatred, violence and extremism.

France advised its citizens residing in or traveling to several Muslim countries to take additional security precautions in light of the mounting anger related to the publication of the cartoons insulting to the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace.

- Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei said that the French president's support for insulting Islam is an insult to the conscience of the French Muslims who elected him.

He wondered why Macron considers questioning the Holocaust a crime while insulting the Messenger of Islam (peace and blessings be upon him) is freedom of expression.

He added that the act that offended Islam and the Messenger (may God bless him and grant him peace) was a foolish act, and the support of the French President for it was a matter of surprise and disapproval.

Dozens of Iranians gathered in a protest outside the French embassy in Tehran, according to official media reports.

Some carried red flags on pictures of French products.

Malaysia condemned what it described as the growing attacks in France against Islam.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishamuddin Hussain rejected the French authorities ’justification for repeated abuses of Islam and the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him be upon him, with freedom of expression.

Employees of the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs demonstrated in front of their headquarters in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, to protest against the letters and drawings that are offensive to the Messenger of God, and the ministry considered these insults a direct assault on Islam and its Messenger.

- The Tunisian authorities condemned on Tuesday a campaign "led by some parties" that provokes Muslims, as the Zaytuna Sheikhdom condemned the "organized fierce attack" in France and called for a boycott of French products.

"Tunisia expresses its deep dissatisfaction with the campaign led by some parties in the name of freedom of expression, which provokes the feelings and sanctities of Muslims and harms the great messenger, Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace," the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

- On Wednesday, the Sudan Scholars Association called on all Sudanese and Muslims around the world to boycott the products of France, to protect and support their religion, and a victory for their pride and dignity.

On Wednesday, the Chaldean Church in Iraq and the world condemned the offense to religions, calling for the preservation of religions as a source of love, peace and building trust among people.

Khan calls for unification against Islamophobia


Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged Islamic countries to unite against the rise of Islamophobia in Europe, in a message he sent to leaders of Islamic countries to work collectively to confront the growing phenomenon of Islamophobia in non-Muslim countries, by posting it on Twitter.

He said that recent statements at the level of leaders and incidents of desecration of the Holy Qur’an reflect the phenomenon of Islamophobia escalating in European countries where large numbers of Muslims reside.

Moreover, mosques are closed in Europe and Muslim women are denied the right to wear whatever they choose in public places, while nuns and monks continue to display their religious clothing and the overt and covert discrimination that is widespread against Muslims living in those countries.

"It is imperative that we, as leaders of the Islamic world, take the initiative collectively to break this cycle of hatred and extremism, which feeds violence and even death," he stressed.

High ceiling in Turkey


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron against the background of the latter's defense of the offensive cartoons and his statements in which he said that the Islamic religion is in crisis in various parts of the world.

"France and Europe in general do not deserve the evil, provocative and ugly policies pursued by Macron and those of the same mentality," Erdogan said on Wednesday.

Erdogan accused Western countries that attack Islam of wanting to "bring back the Crusades," and said, "Standing against the attack on the Prophet is a matter of honor for us."

He stressed that a Muslim cannot be a terrorist, nor a terrorist is a Muslim, pointing out that the world is going through a phase in which hostility to Islam and Muslims and abuse of the Messenger has spread like a malignant cancer, especially among European politicians.

In a related context, the Turkish president strongly criticized Wednesday his portrayal in a caricature drawing published by the French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo", calling it a "despicable attack" by "bastards".

"I didn't look at this drawing, I don't need to say anything about these bastards," Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara.

"My anger is not caused by the despicable attack against my person, but by the insults of the Prophet," he added, may God bless him and grant him peace.

The Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry that the Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the French Chargé d'Affairs to Ankara to protest strongly against the publication of Charles Hebdo magazine, a caricature that offends the Turkish president.

France had announced three days ago that it had summoned its ambassador to Ankara for consultations, after the Turkish president described his French counterpart that he had lost his mind and needed a medical examination.

In turn, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said, on Wednesday, that the publication of the French Charlie Hebdo magazine is not freedom of expression but rather poverty of opinion, a clear attack, and terrorist humor.

"This magazine does not recognize any sacred values ​​and systematically attacks Islam in the name of freedom of expression, as well as violating its publications, the universal and moral values ​​that constitute the founding philosophy of the European Union," Akar added.

Criticism from Al-Sisi and steps from Al-Azhar


In Egypt, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi strongly criticized the offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad - may God bless him and grant him peace - and stressed the need to stop hurting the feelings of Muslims.

The Egyptian President said today, Wednesday, that freedom of expression should stop when it comes to injuring the feelings of more than a billion and a half billion people.


For his part, the Sheikh of Al-Azhar announced d.

Ahmed Al-Tayeb launched a global platform to introduce the Prophet of Mercy and Messenger of humanity Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, with the establishment of a global research competition on the ethics of the Chosen One, peace be upon him, and his major historical contributions to the march of love, goodness and peace, and he called for an international law criminalizing hostility to Muslims and discrimination against them.

The Muslim Council of Elders was headed by Dr.

Al-Tayyib announced his intention to sue the French newspaper that published the cartoons insulting to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.

After the storm ... French positions,


and France has witnessed during the past hours many steps and statements related to the current crisis, the most prominent of which are:

- Al-Jazeera correspondent in Paris reported that MPs in the French Parliament and their colleagues had rejected a proposal made by deputies from the far right to republish offensive images of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, on their pages on social networks.

The correspondent added, in a previous publication, that this refusal falls within the framework of steps to calm down by French political circles.

- The government delegate to combat racism in France announced to Agence France-Presse on Wednesday that he informed the French judiciary of a Turkish official's tweet (Turkish Deputy Minister of Culture Serdar Jan) in which he used the epithet "miscreants" to describe the weekly "Charlie Hebdo", which in its latest issue mocked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

On Tuesday evening, the satirical newspaper published the cover of its Wednesday issue on social media, which bore a caricature of Erdogan.

- The French government today implicitly admitted that it was facing a crisis after recent stances and developments.

French government spokesman Gabriel Atal said that his country "will never back down from its principles and values" despite "attempts to destabilize and intimidate".

Atal said that his country has determination and determination to combat what he described as Islamist extremism, pointing out that there is European unity and support for France in facing "the crisis to which it is exposed," as he put it.

A misunderstanding


, according to the Dean of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Hafid Shamseddin, said that French President Emmanuel Macron does not adhere to the offensive cartoons, but rather defends freedom of expression as a fundamental principle in French society.

And he stressed in an interview with Al-Jazeera that there is a misunderstanding of the terminology Macron used in his last speech.

He said, "There is a misunderstanding of the statements of President Macron and his interior minister. When the president spoke in Miro, he said that the time has come to combat Islamic extremism and Islamist separatism. There is a beginning of a misunderstanding of the terminology that President Macron used. As the dean of the Grand Mosque in Paris, I had the opportunity to meet the president and his interior minister, and I told them." It is necessary to avoid these collateral damage, that is, French Muslims should not be subjected to any discrimination or assault, and the Prime Minister is also taking measures to combat Islamist, not Islamist, extremism.