France minister seeks suspension of ex-Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad’s Twitter account for glorifying assault
A French minister has sought the suspension of former Malaysian High Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s Twitter account for pronouncing “Muslims have a proper to be offended and to kill tens of millions of French other folks for the massacres of the previous”.
Mohamad’s remark got here quickly after 3 other folks had been killed in a knife assault within the French town of Great.
Cédric O, Secretary of State for Virtual Sector of France, has demanded immediate suspension of former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad’s Twitter account. He went on to mention that Twitter can be an companion to a “name for homicide” if Mohamad’s account isn’t suspended.
I simply spoke with the MD of @TwitterFrance. The account of @chedetofficial will have to be instantly suspended. If no longer, @twitter can be an companion to a proper name for homicide.
— Cédric O (@cedric_o) October 29, 2020
“I simply spoke with the Managing Director of Twitter France. The account of former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad will have to be instantly suspended. If no longer, Twitter can be an companion to a proper name for homicide,” mentioned Cédric O.
On Thursday, Mahathir Mohamad hit out at French President Emmanuel Macron and referred to as him “very primitive in blaming the faith of Islam and Muslims for the killing of the insulting faculty instructor”.
“It’s not in step with the lessons of Islam. However regardless of the faith professed, offended other folks kill. The French for the duration of their historical past has killed tens of millions of other folks. Many had been Muslims,” Mohamad added.
Mohamad additionally mentioned Muslims “have a proper” to be offended and “kill tens of millions of French other folks for the massacres of the previous”.
Whilst Mohamad clarified that he does no longer approve of the killings after the previous day’s assault in France, he discussed obviously that freedom of expression does no longer “come with insulting others”.
“Muslims have a proper to be offended and to kill tens of millions of French other folks for the massacres of the previous. However by way of and big the Muslims have no longer implemented the ‘eye for an eye fixed’ regulation. Muslims do not. The French mustn’t. As an alternative, the French must train their other folks to admire folks’s emotions,” the previous Malaysian high minister mentioned.
Earlier than his tweet used to be deleted by way of Twitter for glorifying violence, Mohamad confronted critical backlash and grievance at the social media platform.
Commenting at the Great assaults in any other tweet, Mahathir Mohamad mentioned, “The killing isn’t an act that as a Muslim I’d approve. However whilst I imagine within the freedom of expression, I don’t suppose it comprises insulting folks. You can’t cross as much as a person and curse him merely since you imagine in freedom of speech.”
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