Shoaib Akhtar Hits Out At French President Emmanuel Macron Over Controversial Remarks On Islam

Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has also voiced strong opposition over President Macron's remarks and wrote in his tweet that Macron said that France is not ready to give up the controversial cartoon which derides Islam and its faith.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has stoked a massive controversy in the Islamic nations around the globe over his controversial remarks on Islam. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan also joined the ever growing protests brewing up in the pan Muslim world and took to Twitter to out-rightly lambast Macron's comments. "Hallmark of a leader is he unites human beings, as Mandela did, rather than dividing them. This is a time when President Macron could have put healing touch and denied space to extremists rather than creating further polarisation and marginalisation that inevitably leads to radicalisation," the Pakistani PM added. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan hit out hard at French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticised Islamists and defended the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Shoaib Akhtar Hits Out At Macron's Controversial Remarks On Islam Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has also voiced strong opposition over President Macron's remarks and wrote in his tweet that Macron endorsed that France is not ready to give up the controversial cartoon which derides Islam and its core faith.

Macron: France will not give up our cartoons. Also Macron: Muslim nations please give up your call to boycott French goods. If you have the freedom to hate, we have the freedom to reject your hate.#boycottfrenchproducts

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 26, 2020

Shoaib Akhtar's counter reaction was over Macron wanting lifting of boycott of French products in Muslim countries. The Pakistani speedster while expressing his protest over the French President's remarks said that if he had a freedom to hate, Pakistanis too enjoyed freedom to reject his hatred. Boycott French products. Macron's controversial remarks rocked the Pakistani Parliament with resolutions in the Senate and the National Assembly being passed unanimously, as the lawmakers from both the ruling party and the opposition demanded recalling Pakistan’s ambassador in Paris in protest, saying that the French president had hurt the sentiments of billions of Muslims around the globe. French President Emmanuel Macron  delivered a controversial speech in honor of the late history teacher Samuel Patti. “Islam is a religion that is in crisis all over the world today,” he said. Macron’s statement is being opposed all over the world. The heat of this protest has now reached the world of cricket. What Is The Entire Controversy All About French president Macron dedicated a high-level ceremony to Samuel Paty, a teacher who was beheaded for showing students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Macron said the teacher “was killed as Islamists want our future,” as he pledged to fight “Islamist separatism” that threatened to take hold of some Muslim communities around France. Turkish President Erdogan blasted France and Europe on Saturday over what he saw as “rising Islamophobia.