Mr Macron's declaration that he would not give up cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed following the beheading of a French teacher outside Paris continued to cause has caused widespread anger in the Muslim world.

French goods have already been pulled from supermarket shelves in Qatar and Kuwait, among other Gulf states. Syrians have burned pictures of Mr Macron and French flags have been torched in the Libyan capital Tripoli.

Pakistan's government on Monday summoned the French ambassador to condemn what it called the deliberate fanning of religious hatred for electoral gain.

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