The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord strongly condemns the French President's statements against Islam.

Tripoli, October 27, 2020 (LANA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord strongly denounced the statements and official speech of the French President that harms French relations with the Islamic world. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said through its spokesperson, "Mohamed Al-Qeblawi," that the French president's insulting statements of the noble Prophet fuels feelings of hatred for the sake of partisan political gains. He reminded the French President of the declaration of the European Court of Human Rights issued in 2018 that insulting the noble Prophet does not fall under freedom of expression, noting that the extremism taken by the French President as a peg for his insult has nothing to do with the Islamic religion, and extremist groups do not represent this religion. …(LANA)…