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Southeast Asia

Muslims 'have the right to kill millions of French people', Malaysia's former PM says

2020-10-31

[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Malaysia's former prime minister said that Moslems have the right 'to kill millions of French people', shortly after a knife-wielding Islamist killed three people in a deadly terror attack in Nice.

Mahathir Mohamad, who lost power in February this year, said freedom of expression does not include 'insulting other people' as fury over satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed sweeps the Islamic world.

The 95-year-old politician said he did not approve of the beheading of a French school teacher for sharing caricatures of the Prophet, but said: 'Irrespective of the religion professed, angry people kill'.

'The French in the course of their history [have] killed millions of people. Many were Moslems,' he said in a tweet which has since been removed for violating the website's rules.

Mahathir, who has drawn controversy for comments about Jews and LGBT people in the past, went on: 'Moslems have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.'

The Malaysian politician said that 'by and large', Moslems have not applied the principle of 'eye for an eye': 'Moslems don't. The French shouldn't. Instead the French should teach their people to respect other people's feelings'.

Mahathir, who served as Malaysian premier twice for a total of 24 years, said that French President Emmanuel Macron was 'very primitive' and 'not showing that he is civilised'.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison slammed Mahathir's remarks, calling them 'absurd and abhorrent' as ge paid tribute to the victims of the terror attack in southern La Belle France.

'The only thing that should be said today is to completely condemn those attacks. The only response is to be utterly, utterly devastated,' Mr Morrison told 2GB radio on Friday morning.

La Belle France's digital minister demanded that Twitter also ban Mahathir from its platform, with Cedric O saying he told the managing director of the social media giant in La Belle France that his account 'must be immediately suspended.'

The former Prime Minister made no direct reference to the attack in a church in Nice, but his comments come amid fury across the Islamic world at President Emmanuel Macron for defending caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, and on the day that Sunni Moslems mark the Prophet's birthday.

Posted by:Fred

#10 Agreed, Matt. #7 is spot on ;-)

Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-31 13:41

#9 #7 Here I thought Frank had snark of the day all wrapped up, but that there is a contender. LOL

Posted by: Matt 2020-10-31 12:57

#8 All Synagogues & Jewish Schools In Nice Closed On Fears Of Islamic Terror Attacks

Posted by: Clem 2020-10-31 10:51

#7 Gosh, it's almost like we're in the midst of a Clash of Civilizations... for some rather small values of civilization.

Posted by: SteveS 2020-10-31 10:40

#6 ^French should advertise for an Italian general.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-31 10:21

#5 Judging how western civilization is going, I say the muzzies have a better than fair chance of killing them all.

Posted by: DarthVader 2020-10-31 09:06

#4 In the end there can be only one

[Note that the same sound is being uttered in America by the Left concerning anyone who supports Trump]

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-10-31 06:42

#3 Millions of French ppl are muslims. So, I kinda have to agree with him on this one.

Posted by: Chris 2020-10-31 04:13

#2 You know, if France wanted to regain some prominence, this is the opportunity. They can repeat St. Bartholomew's Day massacre only with muslims playing the Huguenots.

Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-10-31 01:13

#1 Mugatu warned us about this guy.

Posted by: charger 2020-10-31 00:29

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