Denmark, where the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005 had been the origin of a planetary crisis today rekindled by the murder of a French teacher who showed the drawings, said Wednesday October 28 in solidarity with France, the target of violent criticism, particularly from Turkey.
"
Denmark stands in solidarity with France,
" Danish foreign minister Jeppe Kofod said on TV2 television.
“
Freedom of expression is a fundamental value in a democracy,
” he said.
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The minister deemed "
criticizable
" the behavior of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who accuses Emmanuel Macron of "
Islamophobia
" for having defended the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad during a tribute to a French teacher beheaded for showing drawings in class .
The Turkish head of state has also questioned the “
mental health
” of his French counterpart.
In the Muslim world, the French position has sparked numerous demonstrations of tens of thousands of people and calls for a boycott.
In France, the weekly
Charlie Hebdo on
Wednesday caricatured the Turkish president, who then threatened to take diplomatic measures against Paris and rejected “
attempts at destabilization
”.
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This satirical newspaper published the cartoons in 2006 like other European newspapers in defense of press freedom, after their publication by a Danish daily angered many Muslims around the world.
Charlie Hebdo
was subsequently the target in 2015 of a jihadist attack that killed 12 people, including journalists and cartoonists from the newspaper.
Islam, in its strict interpretation, prohibits any representation of the Prophet Muhammad.