Should Muslims boycott France over the cartoons?

right now everybody is pretty much aware of the incident or the the backdrop. There was an unfortunate a tragedy of a beheading that took place in France. Um I'm not sure if I've spoken about it already, but a teacher, yes, I did in my last Monday nights or the last Q&A that a teacher was beheaded for showing uh the cartoons depicting the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.

[snorts] Right. Now I have mentioned that look people have the right to critique to criticize religion. If if certain people want to draw cartoons of the prophet we should just ignore it.

Okay? They do it to provoke. Don't react. Don't let it wind you up. That's exactly what they want to do. They want you to feel hurt. You know, this is this is what they want. This is exactly just put it out of your sight, okay? Just ignore it.

It may hurt you as a person, but it's the world, you know? We're not here to control the world. We're not to I do think it's it's very silly of people to try to uh offend Muslims by doing that. But okay, if they want to be silly, they that's their choice.

Now, this particular teacher Samuel Pati, I believe his name is. Now he uh I'm not sure in what context he was showing the I think I could be wrong. I think he was just discussing uh freedom of speech or he was trying to discuss the Charlie Hebdo case and showed them as a um is that I don't know if somebody had said that here but is that what um was he just trying to because the the trials are kind of ongoing and things like this so because it was relevant I assume he was

discussing the matter that's what I think Um, or maybe he was just showing them because he was enjoying the satire, but I I'm I'm going with the format that he was showing it out of because it was relevant because the current Charlie Hebdo trials are taking place and this is what it's all about. So, he was kind of showing them. Nevertheless, somebody apparently they get the message out.

some French Chchan um who's an 18year-old finds out. He somehow gets him. I'm not even sure how he gets hold of this person. He gets him and he kills him. The media was confused about whether he actually beheads him, but he or he slits his throat or whatever, but he tragically kills him. I have expressed that this is utterly unacceptable from an Islamic perspective.

You cannot commit these acts of barbarity. Okay, this is unacceptable is as an honor as a statement. He decides to one okay have a whole processionary kind of funeral for that person which is fine which is you know that's absolutely you know if you want to do that that's fine.

um he wants to give him the utmost high award for being a hero for the state. Personally, I don't think really that's being a hero for the state. Um although I feel he was well within his rights to discuss the topic, the Charlie Hebdo topic. I also feel he was well within his rights to show the cartoons.

If I don't know the ins and outs, if he was doing it just to provoke people, not because it's relevant, but just saying here's a big, you know, here's a big FU to all the Muslims out there. If he was doing it as that, I don't I think it was just a very silly thing, but he was within his rights to do it. now being beheaded for or being killed for it.

I don't personally think that equates to automatically becoming a hero for the state. But whatever France is, you know, it's they're a sovereign state. They want to declare him a hero. Fine. You know, it's it's it's absolutely fine. Uh it's their own executive decision. Then President Macron, what he decides to do is um he decides to have the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad projected onto uh massive buildings and billboards, right?

I I take it from what I've read is right throughout the country. I've seen video footage of it in in certain places, but I've read that it's right throughout the country. And he says that openly that drawing cartoons of the prophet is a right that we have and he wants to make this a statement. Now personally I think that is very poorly managed by the president of France.

I think it's um a regrettable move because look, I get the fact that what the person did, what that this was a tragedy. I get that. I agree with that. I endorse that. I endorse the fact that look, killing is never a solution. And I endorse the statement that it was barbaric and it was wrong.

I even say I go a step further say he has no place in Islam right now. However, to say well let's you know okay well what provoked you was the picture of the prophet Muhammad uh doing whatever dumb silly things whatever it is. So in your face what we're going to do is put this everywhere on these huge buildings. Um that to me is just taking the you know it's literally it's just taking the mick like what I don't understand how and he says well if Muslims don't like it tough are the Muslims of France not your

citizens as well you know don't don't they have a fundamental right as well like why why is this just and they say well you know so what it's just a look I'm I get the fact if some people want to do it it's fine fine, you know, it's their right, but governments shouldn't get involved in these things. This is not a government thing. For the government to do it, [laughter] that's taking the mick, you know, for the government to do it.

Like, I understand a satirical newspaper doing it. I understand a right-wing kind of uh organization doing it. I understand even regular people doing it. But governments are there to represent all the people. They need to take all sentiments into consideration. They need to take the ethnic minorities into consideration who by the way are substantial quantity in France.

You need to take everybody into you represent the people. You don't just represent non-Muslim people. You represent the French Muslims as well. You know, if somebody tomorrow said, "I want to write a big FU. All Muslims are the C-word. This is my calligraphy logo.

All Muslims are the C-word." Okay, I think that's an absolute dumb move to do and it's probably going to, you know, some people are going to get angry and they shouldn't assault you, but you're probably putting yourself up for assault. But if the president of a country wants to endorse that logo now, that's just taking this to a ridiculous height.

Like what the hell? Like a a president and a government, a a monarch, they shouldn't be getting involved in these things. they should be always seen as people who take everybody's sentiments into consideration, not just uh you know the majority. So I think that is a very um you know it's it's a shame what the French um administration is doing.

I think that um it is very provocative. I I I hope Muslims do not react violently. Protesting is their right and they have reacted in the thousands and thousands worldwide with protests. If they want to economically boycott France, I can understand it.

I feel that if they want to do that, that's fine. Um, if somebody doesn't boycott France, I don't think they should be guilt tripped. I don't think you should guilt trip. Like, if you see a Muslim buying, I don't know what's what's French. Um, [laughter] forgotten what's French. But if there's a French designer, is Dior?

I think Dior is French. Chanel. Chanel is French. So if you see somebody buying Chanel perfume and you say, "Oh my god, you've got, you know, you that's haram." You know, I think that's wrong. Don't don't pressure Muslims into that. It's a personal choice if Muslims want to do it, but I totally understand it. Um I the fact that Muslim countries are doing it at a state level is [clears throat] makes sense that like it's a state-of-state response like if a president of a country responds to a president with that response

because that's where it hurts. So basically they're hitting the pockets because the pockets are what hurt. And make no mistake that these, you know, the French exports, they have a huge export to the Arab-speaking world. Most of North Africa, it, you know, it buys so many French products. Several countries in the Middle East buy it. So because of the colonialization, so you've got the whole thing still going on.

And I think that's that abs that is a justified response. Um, absolutely. But um, but I don't think it on the same token I don't think you have the right to guilt trip people who don't boycott them. So if they do buy French products, ultimately I do understand that the French products didn't do that. So we have to make that distinction that I understand.

Let's just say I I don't want to pick a particular one in case they did [laughter] and I get it wrong, but I understand all of those products I'm sure didn't necessarily support the Charlie Hebdo thing. Uh that said, at a state level, statutory level, because the state has got involved to say, well, we feel it's a right to disrespect the prophet Muhammad. Uh which I think is so dumb.

I I I can't believe you'd have to have the brain of a Neanderal to think like that because really people presidents and prime ministers are people who are diplomats who know how to make the country prosper economically in this day and age. They have to be diplomatic. this kind of a you know thuggery response like oh big F you to all the Muslims here is you know if your president is doing that that is so such a a neanderal of a president that you've got honestly that that is somebody that is going to sink that [ __ ] [laughter] you really need to replace that

president with somebody who's got a higher IQ because you need in this day and age you need you always need the person in control to be coolheaded it you having a hotthead. [laughter] Yeah. So I hope that um I want to share that and that that's my thoughts on it. So I know when Muslims start boycotting what happens is they start guilt tripping other Muslims.

That is wrong as well. You shouldn't guilt trip people. It's your own personal choice. Right. Somebody said we've trolled macaron. I am macaroni. I am macaroni. We've trolled macaroni all day on Twitter. Whole government is on crack. Yeah, man. I do feel sorry for um somebody said boycott French kiss.

[laughter] This one borderline, you know. No, no, no, no, no. Boycotting. [laughter] Uh right. So, by Mexicans, has Mexico boycotted France? Okay, I didn't know that they had. Somebody said Muslims should boycott French passports. Okay, I'm not sure how that works. How you boycott passport, but okay.

Somebody said Musty, please debate hijab. [laughter] Would hijab want to come on Mind Trap? I don't think he would for the reasons aforementioned earlier on today. Um Muisa, please don't forget my super chat. Ah, right. I know. See, boycott French fries. No, no, no, no. French fries and the earlier French thing.