Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says Muslims have a right to be outraged by past atrocities and to kill millions in France.
Mahathir Mohamad's tweet was immediately acted upon by Twitter and his tweet was removed while it was strongly condemned by the users.
According to foreign news agency Reuters, Mahathir Mohamad's comment was part of a long blog that was shared on Twitter.
Mahathir Mohamad began his post by saying that as a Muslim he did not allow the assassination of French teacher Samuel Petty, while freedom of expression should not be used to insult others.
"Killing someone is not an act that I would allow as a Muslim, but since I believe in freedom of expression, I don't think it involves insulting others," he said. You can't go to it and call it good or bad just because you believe in freedom of expression.
The prominent leader of the Muslim world said that Muslims have the right to be angry and they want revenge for past crimes.
The former Malaysian prime minister said the French had killed millions of people in their history, most of them Muslims.
"Therefore, Muslims have the right to be outraged by the oppression of the past and to kill millions of people in France, but in general, Muslims have not applied the law of eye to eye," he said. They don't, and neither should the French. "
"Because you have blamed all Muslims and their religion for the actions of an angry man, Muslims also have the right to punish the French,"
Mahathir Mohamad also criticized French President Emmanuel Macron, saying he immediately blamed Islam and Muslims.
Several Muslim-majority countries have criticized French authorities, including Emmanuel Macron, for defending the display of blasphemous sketches in French schools.
The former Prime Minister of Malaysia said that Muslim-majority Malaysia is a peaceful and stable country because of its citizens, who belong to different races and religions and who are aware of the sensitive issues of others.
"Although the rest of the world imitates the ways of the West, we have our own and different values between races and religions, which we need to sustain,"
He said that in the contemporary Western world, no one practices their religion, they are only nominal Christians, this is their right but they should not disrespect the values and religion of others, their civilization. Should have this level of respect.
Commenting on women's rights, Mahathir Mohamad said that initially the women's rights movement in the West started with the right to vote in elections, today we want to eradicate everything that is between men and women. Is different
He said that Western countries should not force their values on the rest of the world.
Twitter, on the other hand, said the message violated its rules on inciting violence, but was determined that the post would remain in the public interest, but a tweet was later removed.
The British news agency Reuters reported that a teacher at a school in France this month showed blasphemous sketches published in 2006 by the controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo during a freedom of expression lesson.
A few days later, a man beheaded the teacher, who was shot dead by police on the spot, and the case was linked to a terrorist organization.
Following the incident, the French president called the teacher who showed the blasphemous sketches a "hero" and embodied the values of the French Republic, and awarded him France's highest civilian honor.
The British newspaper The Independent reported that the French president himself attended the teacher's last rites in Paris, after which he displayed the blasphemous sketches published by Charlie Hebdo for several hours on town hall buildings in two French cities.
This is not the first time that an anti-Islamic statement has been made by a French president. Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled plans to defend France against secular "fundamentalist Islam". He also made anti-Islamic remarks.
Emmanuel Macron unveiled a plan to "defend" France's secular values against "fundamentalist Islam" and announced tighter surveillance of schools and better control of foreign funding for mosques.
Earlier last month, after the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo re-published the blasphemous sketches, Emmanuel Macron said that there was freedom of expression in France and that there was no ruling on Charlie Hebdo's decision to publish the blasphemous sketches.
