Malaysia’s former PM Mahathir Mohamad claimed that Muslims ‘have a right to kill millions of French people’.
Mahathir Mohamad’s comments come after the ‘terrorist attack’ in Nice, France.
Although Malaysia’s former PM did not make a direct reference to the attack, his outburst came after today’s tragic events. In a Twitter thread published shortly after the attacks, he criticized the French President Emmanuel Macron and addressed France’s ‘history of massacres’. More importantly, Metro reported that Mahathir has caused worldwide shock and outrage as people all over the Internet began accusing ‘the ex-world leader of ‘inciting mass killing’ to his 1.3 million followers’. These accusations come after he published the following tweet:
10. Generally, the west no longer adhere to their own religion. They are Christians in name only. That is their right. But they must not show disrespect for the values of others, for the religion of others. It is a measure of the level of their civilisation to show this respect.
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 29, 2020
11. Macron is not showing that he is civilised. He is very primitive in blaming the religion of Islam and Muslims for the killing of the insulting school teacher. It is not in keeping with the teachings of Islam.
— 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
He concluded the thread with a tweet that echoed the one removed by Twitter as he wrote “Muslims have a right to punish the French”.
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
