“Charlie Hebdo” decides to reprint the illustrations of the prophet Muhamed, Makron sore contradicts

France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday it is not up to him to judge the decision of the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” to reprint the illustrations of the prophet Muhammad's image, adding that his country has freedom of expression.

“It is never the place of a president of the Republic to provide trial for the editorial election of a journalist or editorial editor, never, because we have freedom of press”, the French president said.

Speaking during a visit to Lebanon, however, the head of the state of Western Europe said it is up to French citizens to show civilisation and respect for each other and avoid hate dialogue, Reuters writes, the newspaper Express broadcast.

The publishing of illustrations of the image of the prophet Muhammad in 2015 had stirred up anger among Muslims. The magazine “Charlie Hebdo” was attacked by several people and 12 people were killed.

For Muslims, any illustration of the image of the prophet Muhammad presents blasphemy.

Before the bloody attack, militants had warned the magazine via the internet that it would pay for publishing illustrations.