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Erdogan calls for a boycott of products from France: the treatment of Muslims - as Jews before the Holocaust
After sending Macron to "mental therapy", the Turkish president joins the boycott calls spreading in the Muslim world: "European leaders must tell him to stop his hate campaign."
In Pakistan, parliament has called for the return of the ambassador, but the EU backs Macron, who has been defending the right to illustrate Muhammad since the teacher's assassination.
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Monday, 26 October 2020, 22:17
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In the video: Macron at the ceremony honoring a murdered teacher (Photo: Reuters)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today (Monday) called on his citizens not to buy French products, amid anger in the Muslim world over Muhammad's illustrations in France.
In France, on the other hand, their use is defended, after the beheading of teacher Samuel Patti, who introduced them during a class on freedom of expression in the classroom.
Erdogan, who has a history of strained relations with French President Emmanuel Macron, said Paris was promoting an anti-Muslim agenda.
"I call on all my citizens from here never to help or acquire French challengers," the Turkish president said in a speech in Ankara.
Erdogan has already raised calls for similar boycotts in the past, including a request not to buy American electronics in 2018, but this has not been answered.
He called on world leaders to protect Muslims "if there is oppression against them" in France, claiming they were going through a "lynching campaign similar to the one the Jews went through in Europe before World War II."
Erdogan, who has said in recent days that Macron needs medical treatment for his remarks against radical Islam, added that "European leaders should tell the French president to stop his hate campaign".
In the EU, however, they sided with Macron and condemned Erdogan's remarks.
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The confrontation with Europe is intensifying.
Erdogan, today (Photo: Reuters)
Calls for a boycott of French products have expanded in recent days, as cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad are considered sacrilege in Islam.
In Kuwait City, shelves of L'Oral cosmetics and grooming products have been emptied in several department stores to which the corporation to which they belong has decided to stop storing French products.
In Saudi Arabia, calls were circulating on social media to boycott the French supermarket chain Carrefour, but in two branches where the Reuters news agency visited the capital, Riyadh, business continued as usual.
A company representative in France said they had not yet felt any impact on sales.
In Bangladesh, protesters held signs with a cartoon of a macaroon described as "the enemy of peace", while the Pakistani parliament passed a resolution calling on the government to bring back the ambassador from Paris.
Demonstrations against France have also been reported in Iraq, Syria, Libya and the Gaza Strip.
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France is a major exporter of wheat to Muslim countries in North Africa, and French car and retail companies are highly exposed to Muslim countries.
French Trade Minister Frank Rister said it was too early to know the implications of the boycott campaign, but so far they have been limited and mainly affect France's agricultural exports.
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