Demonised for defending cartoons of the Prophet: President Macron is portrayed as the Devil as Iran and Saudi Arabia wade into blasphemy row and protests break out in Bangladesh

  • Protests against Macron are spreading across Islamic countries after he defended cartoons of Mohammed
  • Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, branding him a 'devil-worshipper' 
  • Iranian newspaper depicted Macron as the Devil, as ambassador in Tehran was summoned in protest 
  • Bangladeshis joined calls to boycott French products, which is already underway in Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar 

Emmanuel Macron has found himself demonised at protests throughout the Islamic world as anger grows at his defence of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. 

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Bangladesh on Tuesday, branding him a 'Satan-worshipper' and burning him in effigy following smaller marches in Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and Gaza on Monday.

Meanwhile hard-line Iranian newspaper Vatan-e Emrooz published a front-page cartoon of Macron as the Devil, branding him anti-Islamic and claiming that 'French extremists' had been seen burning copies of the Koran.