French President Emmanuel Macron announced a controversial plan to tackle what he calls �Islamic separatism� in France, claiming that the faith of Islam is in �crisis� all over the world and promising to �free Islam in France from foreign influences.
Last week, Macron defended blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, saying France would �not give up our cartoons� after the brutal murder of high school teacher Samuel Paty, who showed provocative caricatures in a class.
The past few days have witnessed the republication of cartoons insulting Prophet Muhammad in France which sparking a wave of anger and protests across the Islamic world and campaigns have been launched in some countries to boycott French products.