UP: Alert issued over protest against France incident

A campaign is also being run against France on social media. Turkey has also strongly criticized France. Around 50,000 people attended the demonstration in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and burnt an effigy of French President Macron.

People shouted slogans to "stop racism" "hate against Islam" and appealed to boycott French products. In Afghanistan, members of the Islamic party Hajb-e-Islami burnt the flag of France.