Kadyrov called Khodorkovsky "the enemy of all Muslims in the world"

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called the ex-head of the YUKOS company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the enemy of all Muslims in the world and his personal enemy after he called on journalists to publish cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.

“If journalists are a worthy community, tomorrow there should be no publication without a caricature of the prophet,” Khodorkovsky wrote on Twitter after the attack on the editorial office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

“With his brainless actions, Khodorkovsky has put an end to himself. He declared himself the enemy of all Muslims in the world. That means he’s also my personal enemy,” Kadyrov replied on Instagram.

At the same time, Khordorkovsky accompanied his call with an explanatory tweet “for those who do not understand”: “Let us risk our lives and prove every time that terror does not solve the problem. Otherwise we are not people, but a herd.”

However, Ramzan Kadyrov, this explanation is clearly not satisfied.

“After the bloody incident in Paris, he imagined himself to be a greater Frenchman than the President of France and the Prime Minister of this country. While the French authorities are busy investigating and taking measures that would prevent further escalation of tension, Khodorkovsky demands that all journalists repeat the experience of the Paris publication and print cartoons,” the Chechen leader is indignant.

The Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic, Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov, also called Mikhail Khodorkovsky his enemy. He accused Khodorkovsky of trying to “earn points by inciting interreligious and ethnic hatred.”

"Insult to feelings" and "sin of provocation"

In Paris, 7 January was an armed attack on the editorial satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. As a result of the shooting, 12 people died, including the editor-in-chief, Stephen Charbonnier, three cartoonists and two policemen. Another 11 man was injured.

Thursday declared in France a day of mourning for the dead. At noon, a minute of silence passed across the country.

The Council of Muftis of Russia and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia previously condemned both the attack on the editorial office of the magazine in Paris and attempts to insult the feelings of believers, emphasizing that the “sin of provocation” may be even more significant than the actions of the “offended.”

“Perhaps the sin of provocation in our world is no less dangerous for the preservation of peace than the sin of those who are capable of succumbing to this provocation,” says a statement from the Council of Muftis of Russia and the Spiritual Administration of Muslims.

“There is an insult to feelings, and there is the imposition of one’s own norms,” Mikhail Khodorkovsky responded to his opponents on Twitter.