Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said Muslims have the right “to be angry and to kill millions of French peopl...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said Muslims have the right “to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past”. His comment was part of a blog, which was also posted on Twitter. It was later removed from the microblogging site for violating rules.
Mohamad’s remark came shortly after three people were killed in a knife attack at a church in France’s Nice city.
There is also unrest in the country over the beheading of a teacher near Paris earlier this month. The teacher had showed caricatures of Prophet Muhammad in class before the attack. French President Emmanuel Macron had vowed a crackdown on “Islamic extremism”, according to AFP.
Mohamad critcised the French government for blaming all Muslims for the actions of one person. “Since you have blamed all Muslims and the Muslims’ religion for what was done by one angry person, the Muslims have a right to punish the French,” he said. “The boycott cannot compensate the wrongs committed by the French all these years.”
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He added: “Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past. But by and large the Muslims...
