Greek Muslim Figure Slams French Islamophobia
In a telephone conversation with the Iranian Cultural Attaché in Greece, Sheikh Ahmed Imam also condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s support for the act of desecration.
He said republication of insulting cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by a French magazine in the name of freedom of speech was not acceptable.
Sheikh Ahmed Imam stressed that freedom of speech has nothing to do with insulting the sanctities of a religion.
He further called for a global campaign to condemn insults to the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
Pomaks are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northeastern Greece and northwestern Turkey.
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo reprinted offensive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) last month. The cartoons were originally published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005, and then republished by Charlie Hebdo in 2006.
Charlie Hebdo’s measure drew strong criticism from Muslim countries who called it an Islamophobic act, despite which French President Emmanuel Macron refused to condemn the measure, citing freedom of expression and claiming that it was not right for a political leader to get involved in editorial matters.
