France Cartoon Row

Posters of France President Emmanuel Macron - whose defence of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed have angered several Muslim-majority nations - were pasted on the surface of Mumbai's Muhammad Ali Road on Thursday

France was braced for a backlash on Wednesday as a satirical weekly magazine that published cartoons featuring crude depictions of the Prophet Mohammed flew off the shelves. Embassies, consulates, cultural centres and international French schools in around 20 Muslim countries will be closed on Friday for fear of violence following weekly prayers.

Posters of France President Emmanuel Macron - whose defence of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed have angered several Muslim-majority nations - were pasted on the surface of Mumbai's Muhammad Ali Road on Thursday

France was braced for a backlash on Wednesday as a satirical weekly magazine that published cartoons featuring crude depictions of the Prophet Mohammed flew off the shelves. Embassies, consulates, cultural centres and international French schools in around 20 Muslim countries will be closed on Friday for fear of violence following weekly prayers.