France's hypocrisy towards freedom of expression just points towards the endemic Isamophobia and the french tradition, yes tradition of hate against Islam
Here are some examples:
French court bans Christ advert
Advertisement for French designers Marithe and Francois Girbaud. The controversial poster has already been banned in Italy France's Catholic Church has won a court injunction to ban a clothing advertisement based on Leonardo da Vinci's Christ's Last Supper.
The display was ruled "a gratuitous and aggressive act of intrusion on people's innermost beliefs", by a judge.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4337031.stm
The following year, a French rap star faced prison for calling the country a 'slut' (he later avoided it).
Source:
https://www.nme.com/news/music/monsieur-r-1318360?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Around 2016, France criminalised Boycott of Israel. (Though later an ECtHR judgement found boycott campaign against Israel cannot be criminalised).
‘Liberal’ France also punishes anti-Israel activists.
Source:
https://www.haaretz.com/amp/jewish/the-french-law-that-battles-bds-1.5322519
A great piece by @ggreenwald on why the entire post-Charlie Hebdo “free speech” march in Paris was a fraud.
From 2015:
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/27...-land-of-the-charlie-hebdo-free-speech-march/
In 2011, British fash designer John Galliano was found guilty of anti-Semitic rant.
But freedom of expression if anyone abuses Muslims.
Source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14833259
Just this year, the French parliament passed a new law that forces social networks to remove certain hateful and illegal content within 24 hours.
Branded as ‘blow to freedom of speech’.
Source:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonc...edom-of-speech/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
In 2010 France introduced a rule to protect its national flag from ‘insult’ after a photo of a man wiping his bottom caused outrage.
Mocking prophets is freedom of expression but wiping bottoms with French flag is an insult.
The absolute hypocricy.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-10744040
The French hatred for Muslims goes back centuries to its even dirtier colonial past.
Under the ‘Cremieux Decree’ Algerian Jews were granted speedy citizenship and given every right a citizen.
Algerian Muslims couldn’t own land until they left Islam.
Read: Cremieux Decree
This year, France made it mandatory to wear masks during Covid-19 but Islamic face coverings remain banned?!!
(PS- These links have been taken from a thread on twitter)