CLASH OF CULTURES IN FRANCE BETWEEN
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ISLAMIC BLASPHEMY BELIEFS
President
Macron intended at reforming the practice of Islam in France has led to calls
for the boycott of French products in the Muslim world.
A
clash of cultures is gripping France and impacting France interests in the
Muslim world.
It
has pitched the right to freedom of expression including viewing cartoon of the
Prophet Muhammed against what that means for Muslims who regard such action as
blasphemous.
Incentive
for the triple murders in a church in Nice by a knifeman shouting “Allah Akbar”
and another case of threaten people with a handgun in the city of Avignon is
not yet known.
Same
for a separate knife attack against the French consulate in the Saudi city of
Jeddah.
Three
people have been killed in France as incidents unfold in Nice and Avignon.
These
incidents all happened on Thursday just two weeks after a teenager beheaded a
school teacher on the outskirts of Paris after Samuel Paty, 47 showed his
students caricature of the Prophet Muhammed during a lesson.
The violent death of the teacher added impetus
to plan unveiled by the French leader from October aimed to reform the practice
of Islam in France and creating as Mr. Emmanuel Macron describe it “An Islam of
Enlightenment.”
This
triggered anger among Muslim countries especially Turkey.
President
Recap Tayyip Erdogan went ahead calling his French counterpart mentally damaged
and he even called for boycott of French products.
Lord
Rickets a former UK ambassador to Paris and former national security adviser
described what is happening in France as a “big cultural clash”
He
said the French authorities should be reaching out to Muslim leaders in the
country to condemn the violence and help bring people together.
France
needs a “calming voice from the Muslim community”.