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Arab countries, Turkey boycott French products over Macron’s comments

MM News Staff by MM News Staff
October 26, 2020

DOHA: Several Arab countries and Turkey have announced the boycott of French products, protesting the recent comments made by President Emmanuel Macron on Islam.

Earlier this month, Macron pledged to fight “Islamist separatism”, which he said was threatening to take control in some Muslim communities around France, and also described Islam as a religion “in crisis” worldwide.

His comments have led to a social media campaign calling for the boycott of French products from supermarkets in Arab countries and Turkey. Macron has also backed satirical outlets publishing blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him).

Hashtags such as the #BoycottFrenchProducts in English and the Arabic #ExceptGodsMessenger trended across countries including Kuwait, Qatar, Palestine, Egypt, Algeria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

In Kuwait, the chairman and members of the board of directors of the Al-Naeem Cooperative Society decided to boycott all French products and remove them from supermarket shelves.

The Dahiyat al-Thuhr association took the same step, saying: “Based on the position of French President Emmanuel Macron and his support for the offensive cartoons against our beloved prophet, we decided to remove all French products from the market and branches until further notice.”

READ MORE: PM Imran lashes out at French President Macron for anti-Muslim attitude

In Qatar, the Wajbah Dairy company announced a boycott of French products and pledged to provide alternatives. Al Meera Consumer Goods Company, a Qatari joint stock company, announced that it has immediately withdrawn French products from our shelves until further notice.

“We affirm that as a national company, we work according to a vision consistent with our true religion, our established customs and traditions, and in a way that serves our country and our faith and meets the aspirations of our customers.”

Qatar University also joined the campaign and has postponed a French Cultural Week event indefinitely, citing the “deliberate abuse of Islam and its symbols”. In a statement, the university said any prejudice against Islamic belief, sanctities and symbols is “totally unacceptable, as these offences harm universal human values ​​and the highest moral principles that contemporary societies highly regard”.

#Tunisians launch the #BoycottFrenchProducts campaign in response to attacks on #Islam and #prophetMuhammed in #France.#تونس #قاطعوا_المنتجات_الفرنسية #إلا_رسول_الله #فرنسا pic.twitter.com/AKRsI28y9A

— Mourad TEYEB (مــراد التـائـب) (@MouradTeyeb) October 23, 2020

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) described Macron’s statements as “irresponsible”, and said they are aimed at spreading a culture of hatred among peoples. “At a time when efforts must be directed towards promoting culture, tolerance and dialogue between cultures and religions, such rejected statements and calls for publishing insulting images of the Prophet (Muhammad) – may blessings and peace be upon him – are published,” said the council’s secretary-general, Nayef al-Hajraf.

He called on world leaders, thinkers and opinion leaders to reject hate speech and contempt of religions and their symbols, and to respect the feelings of Muslims, instead of falling captive to Islamophobia.

In a statement, Kuwait’s foreign ministry warned against the support of abuses and discriminatory policies that link Islam to terrorism, saying it “represents a falsification of reality, insults the teachings of Islam, and offends the feelings of Muslims around the world”.

On Friday, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned France’s continued attack against Muslims by insulting religious symbols.

Kuwait started who’s next #إلا_رسول_الله#Koweit #kuwait pic.twitter.com/0t7wEE5DRq

— عـبداللـه العويهان (@a_alowaihan1) October 24, 2020

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