Hundreds of Protestors gather in Hargeisa against Macron

Demonstrations are growing across Somali speaking regions against the French President Emmanuel Macron over his attitude to Islam.

The protestors gathered on Thursday in the capital of Somaliland, Hargeisa. They said that they will not allow French products to be imported into Somaliland.

In Somaliland’s Capital, Hargeisa, hundreds of people were involved in the demonstration against the French president and his perceived attacks on Islam and Prophet Muhammed (SAW).

The protestors burnt the French Flag and photos of Macron while chanting ‘Down France and Long Live Islam’.

Some of the demonstrators who spoke to the media have urged the government to stop importing French products into the country.

The French debate on Islam was deepened after the beheading of a teacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad–previously published by a satirical magazine–in a class on freedom of expression. Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.

The President of France had strongly defended the publication, labelled Islam separatists, and said his country ‘would not give up the cartoons’. He also described Islam as a religion ‘in crisis’ worldwide and vowed to present a bill in December to strengthen a law that officially separated church and state in France.