After French President Macron defended Muhammad Manpyeong, anti-French protests and boycotts in the Islamic world showed signs of proliferation.
The AFP news agency said that President Macron spoke with Al Jazeera Broadcasting on the afternoon of the 31st of the local time yesterday (the 31st) with a voice of contempt on Islam.
President Macron has admitted that the cartoon of Charly Evdo, a French weekly magazine that satirizes Mohammed, the founder of Islam, could shock Muslims.
President Macron said, "I understand that people can be shocked by looking at the rave," but said justification of violence is unacceptable.
In France, on the 16th, a middle school history teacher, Samuel Party, who used the prophet Muhammad caricature as a material for class, died after being beheaded by an Islamic extremist young man.
President Macron advocated freedom of expression in the magazine that published the commentary saying that Islam was in crisis at the time.
Muslims in the Middle East and Asia started boycotting French products, and large-scale condemnation protests were held in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
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