Erodgan backs boycott after Macron refuses to condemn Muhammad cartoons
Protests spread among some Muslim states after Macron defends free speech following knife attack outside a French school
26 October 2020 - 23:20
Paris/Ankara — Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked citizens to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Mohammad, which some Muslims consider blasphemous.
In Bangladesh on Monday, protesters held placards with a caricature of French President Emmanuel Macron and the words: “Macron is the enemy of peace”, while Pakistan's parliament passed a resolution urging the government to recall its envoy from Paris...
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