Dark Times Await Those Insulting Holy Prophet (PBUH)
In a speech in Tehran, Salimi referred to verse 54 of Surah Al Imran “And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah too planned, and the best of planners is Allah,” stressing that if those insulting the Holy prophet (PBUH) and those supporting them fail to apologize, dark times will be awaiting them.
On behalf of the Iranian Quranic community, he said that desecrating the Prophet (PBUH) is unquestionably unacceptable according to international, domestic and ethical laws.
The French president’s support for the insults is also a grave act of desecration that is unforgivable unless he apologizes, Salimi stressed.
He said Macron’s advisers should have told him, before his official support for the insults, about the status of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The French president should at least have read about the views of French thinkers and prominent figures about the great Prophet (PBUH), the Iranian Quran expert said.
He reminded Macron that celebrated French author Alexandre Dumas has described Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the “miracle of the Orient” and one who possesses sublime characteristics and whose religion (Islam) is filled with sublime ethical values.
Salimi also highlighted views from French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, author Alphonse de Lamartine and poet and novelist Victor Hugo about the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
He said be defending the insults in the name of “freedom of speech” and “principles of republic”, Macron has betrayed both freedom of speech and the French republic.
Macron, who has sparked overwhelming outrage across the Muslim world after defending insult against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), recently claimed he “understands” the backlash, but nonetheless insisted on his support for such blasphemy.
“I understand the sentiments being expressed and I respect them,” Macron alleged in an interview with Al Jazeera.
Over the past two months, the French head of state has attacked the sentiments of nearly two billion Muslims worldwide on several occasions.
In September, he defended the “right to blaspheme” in France after French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo republished sacrilegious cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. On October 2, he claimed in a speech that Islam was “in crisis globally” and announced his plan “to reform Islam” to make the faith, what he called, more in line with French values.
Later, Macron supported a French teacher’s displaying of cartoons insulting the Prophet in his class. “France will never renounce caricatures,” Macron declared, defending the teacher for “promoting freedom.”
The French president’s effrontery has opened the floodgates of backlash from Muslims around the world, with numerous Muslim states and leaders issuing condemnatory statements against him and people rising in thousands-strong protests. Many Muslim companies and associations have also boycotted French data-x-items in protest.
