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Twitter withdraws tweet from ex-Malaysian prime minister saying "Muslims have the right to kill French people"

2020-10-29T16:47:59.904Z


Cédric O had demanded from Twitter France the suspension of Mahathir Mohamad's account.Called on by the French government to act as quickly as possible, the social network Twitter withdrew a message from the former Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday afternoon. The latter wrote that “ in their history, the French have killed millions of people. Many were Muslims. Muslims have the right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past


Called on by the French government to act as quickly as possible, the social network Twitter withdrew a message from the former Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday afternoon.

The latter wrote that “

in their history, the French have killed millions of people.

Many were Muslims.

Muslims have the right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.

"

Twitter initially maintained the message with a warning.

The platform argued that the tweet was “

of public interest.

"

Cédric O, Secretary of State for Digital Transition and Electronic Communications, spoke at the beginning of the afternoon with Damien Viel, Managing Director of Twitter France, "

to demand that Mahathir Mohamad's account be immediately suspended.

Twitter could not be complicit in such a call for murder.

The Pharos platform also indicates that it has received numerous reports from Internet users.

The one who was Prime Minister of Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim country, until the fall of his government in February, posted a message on his Twitter account on Thursday noon divided into sixteen tweets.

Referring to the assassination of Samuel Paty, Mahathir Mohamad declared that he did not approve of the attack but that freedom of expression did not include “

insults towards others

”.

"

Whatever religion is involved, people who are angry kill,

" said the ex-prime minister, 95, who has made controversial statements about Jews and homosexuals in the past.

The French should teach their citizens to respect the feelings of others.

Since we accuse all Muslims and the religion of Muslims for what an angry person has done, Muslims have the right to punish the French,

”he continued.

The boycott cannot compensate for the misdeeds committed by the French all these years

”.

He made no reference to the Nice attack.

Contrary to the demands of the French government, Mahathir Mohamad's account has not been suspended.

Only one of the sixteen tweets in his post was deleted for violation of social network rules, several hours after it was posted.

Source: lefigaro

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