Islamists also have a strong presence on social media. In what has become known as the “Mila Affair”, a teenage schoolgirl who casually criticised Muslim men and their religion in an Instagram exchange quickly became the target of death threats and insults. Abdallah Zekri of the French Council of the Muslim Faith prompted outrage when he suggested in a radio interview that the 16-year-old had it coming. “You reap what you sow,” he said. However, the council’s president, Mohammed Moussaoui, later said Muslims should accept freedom of speech and criticism of Islam, “even its principles and its foundations”.
Political Islam Part 27
