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Macron's comments on Mohammed cartoons spark backlash in Islamic world

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 19:41:40 +0100

The backlash against President Emmanuel Macron's comments on Islam intensified Sunday, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again urging him to have "mental checks" and protests in Muslim-majority nations.

Firebomb guts magazine that ran Muhammad pic

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:09:00 +0100

The offices of a French satirical newspaper that published a special Arab Spring edition with the Prophet Muhammad as "guest editor" were destroyed in a suspected firebomb attack Wednesday, police said.