<p>Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday accused Emmanuel Macron of provoking Muslims and compared the French leader to a "terrorist."</p>.<p>In a strongly-worded statement, the head of Russia's Muslim-majority southern region condemned Macron for his defence of the murdered French schoolteacher who had shown his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.</p>.<p>"The president of France is himself beginning to look like a terrorist," 44-year-old Kadyrov said in the statement on the Telegram messaging app.</p>.<p>"By supporting provocations, he covertly calls on Muslims to commit crimes."</p>.<p>He claimed that Macron's stance offended nearly 2 billion Muslims across the world, saying such policies could have "tragic" consequences.</p>.<p>"Until it's too late, Macron, stop your provocations and attacks on the faith. Otherwise, you will go down in history as a president who has taken mad decisions," Kadyrov added.</p>.<p>"You can easily call yourself the leader and architect of terrorism in your country."</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/thousands-of-bangladeshi-muslims-rally-against-france-907723.html" target="_blank">Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims rally against France</a></strong></p>.<p>French teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded earlier this month by Abdullakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old ethnic Chechen who was born in Moscow but later moved to France with his parents.</p>.<p>Paty had shown his class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, which had previously been published in the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.</p>.<p>The beheading has left France in shock. Kadyrov has said that Anzorov had no links to Chechnya.</p>.<p>In the aftermath of Paty's murder, Macron issued a defence of free speech and France's secular values, vowing that the country "will not give up cartoons".</p>.<p>But the French leader's stance has sparked a backlash in Muslim-majority countries, with people burning pictures of Macron in Syria and setting fire to French flags in the Libyan capital Tripoli.</p>
<p>Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday accused Emmanuel Macron of provoking Muslims and compared the French leader to a "terrorist."</p>.<p>In a strongly-worded statement, the head of Russia's Muslim-majority southern region condemned Macron for his defence of the murdered French schoolteacher who had shown his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.</p>.<p>"The president of France is himself beginning to look like a terrorist," 44-year-old Kadyrov said in the statement on the Telegram messaging app.</p>.<p>"By supporting provocations, he covertly calls on Muslims to commit crimes."</p>.<p>He claimed that Macron's stance offended nearly 2 billion Muslims across the world, saying such policies could have "tragic" consequences.</p>.<p>"Until it's too late, Macron, stop your provocations and attacks on the faith. Otherwise, you will go down in history as a president who has taken mad decisions," Kadyrov added.</p>.<p>"You can easily call yourself the leader and architect of terrorism in your country."</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/thousands-of-bangladeshi-muslims-rally-against-france-907723.html" target="_blank">Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims rally against France</a></strong></p>.<p>French teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded earlier this month by Abdullakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old ethnic Chechen who was born in Moscow but later moved to France with his parents.</p>.<p>Paty had shown his class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, which had previously been published in the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.</p>.<p>The beheading has left France in shock. Kadyrov has said that Anzorov had no links to Chechnya.</p>.<p>In the aftermath of Paty's murder, Macron issued a defence of free speech and France's secular values, vowing that the country "will not give up cartoons".</p>.<p>But the French leader's stance has sparked a backlash in Muslim-majority countries, with people burning pictures of Macron in Syria and setting fire to French flags in the Libyan capital Tripoli.</p>