⁍ Khan’s comments come days after Macron paid tribute to a French history teacher beheaded by an Islamist radical.
⁍ Muslims see any depiction of the Prophet Muhammad as blasphemous.
⁍ The cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, first published in 2005 by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, have stirred outrage and violent protests in Pakistan.
– French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute last week to a French history teacher beheaded by an Islamist radical who wanted to avenge the use of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a class on freedom of expression, Reuters reports. “Sadly, President Macron has chosen to deliberately provoke Muslims, incl his own citizens, through encouraging the display of blasphemous cartoons targeting Islam & our Prophet PBUH,” tweeted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Macron said the teacher was a hero and that Islamists were a threat to the country. Khan said Macron could have shown a “healing touch” to deny space to extremists but had instead “chosen to encourage Islamophobia by attacking Islam rather than the terrorists who carry out violence, be it Muslims, White Supremacists or Nazi ideologists.”
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-france/pakistan-pm-accuses-macron-of-attacking-islam-by-encouraging-blasphemous-cartoons-idUSKBN27A0PT