These MPs want to reinforce the principle that so many people in the West have taken for granted up to now: in Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Muslim sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to Muslim sensibilities. The French government, by not backing down and condemning the Muhammad cartoons in the wake of the beheading of a schoolteacher for showing his class one of them, has departed from this principle, and must be brought to heel.
“130 Iranian MPs want France to apologize to Muslims over profane remarks,” Tehran Times, October 31, 2020 (thanks to Henry):
TEHRAN – In a statement issued on Saturday, 130 Iranian MPs asked the French officials to apologize Muslim nations for using sacrilegious language against Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
“French statesmen should openly repent of this flagrant and inhumane move and appease and apologize to Muslim nations in the world,” part of the statement said.
The MPs warned if the French officials refuse to do so they will face reaction by all monotheists in the world.
The lawmakers also asked the Iranian Foreign Ministry to summon the French ambassador in Tehran over the blasphemous remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron….
In a post on its Twitter page, the AFP news agency said, “French President Emmanuel Macron expressed understanding that cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed could shock Muslims, but said that this could never be used to justify violence.”…