Al-Qaeda has threatened French President Emmanuel Macron over his remarks on Islam; say the beheadings in France were justified.
Key points:
1. Al-Qaeda warns France President Emmanuel Macron over his comments on Islam.
2. Boycotting French products not enough, says Al-Qaida in a statement.
3. France carries out airstrikes in Mali, which reportedly kills 50 jihadists.
Al-Qaeda justifies the killings of those who insult the Prophet Mohammad, warn Macron:
Justifying killings of those who insult the Prophet, Al-Qaeda on Monday threatened France’s President Emmanuel Macron over his remarks on Islam. Macron defended the book of Prophet Mohammed’s caricatures on the grounds of freedom of speech and expression which has angered numerous radical organizations and Muslim countries throughout the world. The terror institution, which is understood via way of means of its French acronym AQMI, stated in an announcement that killing all of us who insults the prophet is the right of each Muslim.
Macron defended Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad:
The controversy started after the French instructor Samuel Paty close to Paris after he confirmed cartoons of the Prophet that had been in advance posted via way of means of the satirical mag Charlie Hebdo. In the Islamic world, the mocking of the Prophet is visible as blasphemous and broadly condemned.
France kills over 50 jihadists in Mali; Al-Qaeda may take revenge on Macron’s remarks:
The terror institution additionally stated the boycott of French items is not “enough”. Al-Qaeda additionally stated it might take revenge on Macron’s statements, calling him younger and inexperienced, with a touch brain and announcing he had insisted on offending the Prophet. Meanwhile, the French authorities on Monday started its forces had killed over 50 jihadists aligned to Al-Qaeda in airstrikes in relevant Mali.
