Kano Islamic Clerics Ask State Government To Stop Teaching Of French In Schools Over ‘Blasphemous’ Cartoon In France

The United Forum of Kano Islamic Clerics has asked the state government to stop the teaching of French in schools across the state.

The clerics, who also asked for all ties with France to be cut by the state government, demanded that all students learning French should be compelled to switch to Arabic Language as a form of protest for a blasphemous cartoon in the European country.

A 47-year-old middle school teacher in France, Samuel Paty, was on October 16, 2020 beheaded by an 18-year-old Muslim for showing his pupils a cartoon, which Muslims claimed depicted Prophet Muhammad in a bad light.

President Emmanuel Macron in his reaction to the incident said, “We will not give up caricatures and drawings even if others back away.

“Paty was a quiet hero and face of the Republic.”

He went ahead to present the teacher’s family with the nation’s highest honour, the Légion d’honneur.

But Macron’s comment about Islam being “in crisis” and his defence of the offensive caricature, which Muslims find offensive, has prompted a global backlash, with adherents of the religion across the world holding protests and calling for a boycott of French products.

Visiting the Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday, the Islamic group led by Sheik Ibrahim Shehu Mai Hula condemned France for its handling of the issue.

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