Macron lack of wisdom caused France to confront the Muslims of the world

Thousands of people participated Tuesday in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in demonstrations condemning the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and the statements of French President Emmanuel Macron after the murder of history professor Samuel Patty. Other demonstrations took place in Islamic and Arab countries condemning what they considered an offense to Islam.

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against France Tuesday in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, calling for a boycott of French products and burning an effigy representing French President Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of "devil worship", after the latter defended the publication of the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in the name of freedom of expression.

The police announced that more than 40,000 people were taking part in this march organized by an Islamic party, and they were arrested before it reached near the French embassy in Dhaka.

Hundreds of policemen set up barbed wire barriers to disrupt the march of protesters, who were dispersed without violence.

The demonstration, organized by the influential "Islami Andolan Bangladesh" party, kicked off in front of the country's main mosque, the Beitul Mukarram National Mosque in the center of the capital.

The demonstrators chanted slogans calling for a "boycott of French products" and "punishment" of Macron.

"Macron is one of the leaders who worships the devil," a senior official from the "Islami Andolan Bangladesh" party, Autor El Rahman, told the crowd in front of the mosque, calling on the government to "expel" the French ambassador.

For his part, another Islamist leader, Hassan Jamal, confirmed that the protesters would "destroy every stone" from the embassy if the ambassador was not expelled. Another party official, Nizaruddin, said, "France is the enemy of Muslims. The people who represent it are our enemies too."

How was the response from the Gulf

Social media in the Gulf has been buzzing, since Macron launched his statements, with calls to boycott French products, demanding an Arab-Islamic stance against France's offenses, and religious and scientific bodies in the Islamic world condemned them.

As a result of the great harm that boycotting products represents to countries and manufacturers of these products, Gulf citizens considered boycotting French products as one of the most important weapons through which France could be harmed in response to abuse.

Activists have published a list of the most prominent French products and companies, calling for a boycott, saying that dispensing with these products will not harm anything.

Kuwait is in the lead

In Kuwait, the boycott of French products was prominent. Where the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Consumer Cooperative Societies sent a letter to the boards of directors of the cooperative societies, in which he demanded a boycott of all French goods and products, and removed them from all central markets and branches.

As of Thursday (October 22, 2020) more than 25 French product associations boycotted, according to Kuwaiti accounts.

In confirmation of the danger of boycotting French products to Paris, Khadija Bin Guenna reported a brief description of the value of French exports to Kuwait.

Bin Guenna attached her tweet to a report by the French Ministry of Economy, which includes statistics on France's exports to Kuwait during 2019.

إحصائية رسمية لوزارةالاقتصاد الفرنسية حول صادرات #فرنسا ل #الكويت المقدرة ب224,7 مليون يورو في2019مقابل 328مليون في2018 موزعة بين الطائرات والعتاد الجوي،والمواد الكيماوية(عطور ومكياج)وآلات زراعية وأجهزة إلكترونية وأدوية وموادصيدلانية وألبسة وماركات فرنسيةhttps://t.co/b2ZyhfoZxT pic.twitter.com/rxJxR85iVi

— خديجة بن قنة (@Benguennak) October 23, 2020

She explained that France's exports to Kuwait were estimated at 224.7 million euros in 2019, compared to 328 million in 2018.

It indicated that these exports are distributed among aircraft, air ammunition, chemical materials (perfumes and makeup), agricultural machinery, electronic equipment, medicine, pharmaceuticals, clothing and French brands.

"Carrefour," which is considered one of the most famous global shopping brands, was present in the Gulf campaigns. Gulfs and Arabs demanded a boycott of it for being a French brand, and others called for a boycott of travel on board the French "Airbus" planes.

The Gulf public anger at the abuse of the French President was evident, as many published verses from the Holy Qur’an indicating God's support for his Messenger, and the necessity to defend the Islamic religion and the Prophet of Islam.