Pakistan’s PM Khan accuses Macron of ‘attacking Islam’

ISLAMABAD AFP Oct25, 2020 - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday of “attacking Islam”, after the European leader criticised Islamists and defended the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.   

Khan’s comments follow statements Macron made last week after a French teacher was beheaded near Paris after he had shown cartoons of the Prophet during a class he was leading on free speech.   

Macron said the teacher “was killed because Islamists want our future.” In a series of tweets, Khan said the remark would sow division.   

 “This is a time when Pres Macron could have put healing touch & denied space to extremists rather than creating further polarisation & marginalisation that inevitably leads to radicalisation,” Khan wrote.