Leader of the Islamic Revolution�Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei urges the French youths to question the so-called reason underpinning French President Emanuel Macron�s support for insult against the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) in the name of �free speech.�

Addressing the youths in a statement on Wednesday, the Leader advised, �Ask your president why he supports insulting God�s Messenger in the name of freedom of expression.�

�Does freedom of expression mean insulting, especially a sacred personage?� Ayatollah Khamenei asked.

 
In His Name
Young French people!
Ask your President why he supports insulting God�s Messenger in the name of freedom of expression. Does freedom of expression mean insulting, especially a sacred personage? Isn�t this stupid act an insult to the reason of the ppl who elected him?

� Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir)�October 28, 2020
 

Last Wednesday, Macron supported a French teacher�s displaying of cartoons insulting Prophet Muhammad in his class. �France will never renounce caricatures,� Macron declared, defending the teacher for �promoting freedom.�

The teacher, Samuel Paty, was murdered by an 18-year-old Chechen assailant. Commenting on the attack, Macron described Islam as a religion �in crisis� worldwide, trying to suggest that the assailant had been motivated to kill the teacher by the faith rather than radicalism.

Macron insisted on his position again on Sunday by tweeting, �We will not give in, ever.� The Leader called the French statesman�s insolence a �stupid act� that served to affront the reason of the very people, who have voted him to power.

Ayatollah Khamenei, meanwhile, asked how come -- from France�s perspective -- questioning the Holocaust was �a crime� that warranted imprisonment, while insulting Prophet Muhammad could be condoned.

 
The next question to ask is: why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust? Why should anyone who writes about such doubts be imprisoned while insulting the Prophet (pbuh) is allowed?

� Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir)�October 28, 2020
The French head of state�s effrontery has opened the floodgates of backlash from Muslims around the world, with numerous Muslim states and peoples issuing condemnatory statements against Macron or rising in thousands-strong protests.

Many Muslim companies and associations have also boycotted�French items in protest.

 

Source: Press TV