Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia, tweeted Thursday that “Muslims have a right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.”
“Since you have blamed all Muslims and the Muslims’ religion for what was done by one angry person, the Muslims have a right to punish the French,” he said. “The boycott cannot compensate the wrongs committed by the French all these years.”
12. Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 29, 2020
But by and large the Muslims have not applied the “eye for an eye” law. Muslims don’t. The French shouldn’t. Instead the French should teach their people to respect other people’s feelings.
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 29, 2020
Mohamad’s tweet was part of a thread in response to the killing of a French teacher who was murdered after he showed a caricature of the prophet Muhammad. Though Mohamad said that the act was not something of which he approved, he said that the teacher’s actions were insulting and that freedom of expression should not extend to insulting other people.
Mohamad also accused the West of “imposing” its norms and culture on other countries, saying that doing so “deprives the freedom” of nonwestern people.
“They are Christians in name only,” Mohamad said. “That is their right. But they must not show disrespect for the values of others, for the religion of others.”
9. The West accepts this as normal. But the West should not try to forcibly impose this on others. To do so is to deprive the freedom of these people.
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 29, 2020
Mohamad’s thread was quickly criticized for justifying widespread violence.
What the fuck is this???
By the way, this is the former PM of Malaysia https://t.co/Tw9CbQF8Dk
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 29, 2020
Shocking from a former world leader. Many accounts have been suspended for less. https://t.co/IDZ2mDF9dc
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 29, 2020
Mahathir Mohamad has completely lost it. This is disgraceful. https://t.co/1OKqZRxfoM
— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) October 29, 2020
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