On 16th November the Manila times reported that Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines Bjørn Staurset Jahnsen and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines Resident Representative Dr. Selva Ramachandran launched a new partnership to support the peace-building and conflict mediation

Mr. Macron! You say that that you want to wage an ideological war against Islam with your secular values and liberal way of life. Well, we as Muslims are more than ready to engage in this battle of ideas!

The effect of colonialism and neocolonialism on the education system in Muslim lands has become clear to the Muslim Ummah. The 21st Century has seen the continued interference in the education curricula of the Muslim countries by the West, through influencing think tanks and government policy.

France has urged Middle Eastern countries to end calls for a boycott of its goods in protest at President Emmanuel Macron's defence of the right to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. In a statement, the French foreign ministry acknowledged the moves, writing: "These calls for boycott are baseless and should stop immediately, as well as all attacks against our country, which are being pushed by a radical minority."