Tag: EmmanuelMacron

Tens of thousands in Bangladesh take to streets to call for France boycotts

Brew Admin Nov. 03, 2020

Streets thronged with thousands in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Monday decrying French President Emmanuel Macron, for his defense of the criticism of Islam as a right to freedom of speech.  The demonstrators called for a boycott of French products and made attempts to march to the French embassy but were halted in their tracks by the police.   France is an important trading partner and a major aid provider for Bangladesh. The Bangladesh government foregoing […]

Three killed in grisly knife attack in Nice, France

Brew Admin Oct. 29, 2020

An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, authorities said. It was the third attack in two months in France. The assailant was wounded by police and hospitalised after the killings at the Notre Dame Church, less than a kilometre from the site in […]

Erdogan calls for boycotts on French goods, EU support, to protest France’s ‘anti-religion’ agenda

Brew Admin Oct. 26, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for Turks to boycott French goods and urged European Union leaders to halt French leader Emmanuel Macron’s “anti-Islam” agenda. For a third day running Erdogan said that the French president needed a mental health check, repeating a rebuke that caused France to recall its ambassador from Ankara over […]

Pak PM warns Facebook of ‘hate against Islam’, calls for ban on Islamophobic content

Brew Admin Oct. 26, 2020

Pakistan’s prime minister has written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking a ban on Islamophobic content on the site, warning of an increase in radicalisation amongst Muslims, the government said on Sunday. In the letter, shared by the Pakistani government on Twitter, Imran Khan said that “growing Islamophobia” is encouraging extremism and violence […]

Dark, silent streets in France as COVID curfew takes effect

Brew Admin Oct. 18, 2020

Some 20 million French people prepared to spend their first evening under curfew on Saturday, a measure taken by the government after an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases. The 9:00 pm to 6:00 am curfew came into force at midnight on Friday in the Paris region and eight other large cities, affecting nearly a […]

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