While France faces a terrorist threat due to the publication of caricatures of the prophet Mohamed, the French president Emmanuel Macaron affirms that he will not give up his policy and the principles of freedom of expression.
Reacting to this controversy, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pleaded for a more “prudent” use of freedom of expression than Emmanuel Macron.
Even if he defends freedom of expression, Trudeau believes that it is “not without limits” and should not “injure arbitrary and useless” certain communities.
“We must act with respect for others and to seek not to hurt in a arbitrary or useless way those with whom we are sharing a society and a planet,” he said in response to a question on the right to caricature the Prophet Mohamed. “We will always defend freedom of expression,” he said, cited by the AFP agency.
The recent words of French President Emmanuel Macron through whom he said that France will not withdraw the provocative “caricatures” of the Prophet Mohamed, caused a wave of anger in the Islamic world.
The convictions of the Arab countries against these declarations deemed “insulting” of the French president towards Islam and the Prophet Mohamed are multiplying. While calls for boycott French products have also invaded social networks including in Tunisia.
Indeed, several Tunisian Internet users have launched campaigns to denounce the words of the French president but also to boycott the products from France.
