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Malaysia's foreign ministry has summoned the French ambassador in Kuala Lumpur to complain over what it called hate speech and attempts to defame Islam by top officials in France, including President Emmanuel Macron.

Macron has defended the display of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in French classrooms and vowed to intensify efforts to prevent radical Islam from subverting the country's European values.

On his arrival to the foreign ministry, French charge d'affaires Gilles Barrier was told that Malaysia strongly condemns "any inflammatory rhetoric and provocative acts that seek to defame the religion of Islam adding that such behavior "doesn't bode well for the peaceful co-existence of all religions."

In a separate statement, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein insisted that freedom of expression, which Paris was defending in the form of the cartoons, shouldn't infringe or violate the rights of another.

"In this context, to denigrate and tarnish Islam's Holy Prophet and to associate Islam with terrorism are certainly beyond the scope of such rights," he said.

Police in Avignon shot another knifeman dead as he lunged for them shouting the Arabic slogan; and in Saudi Arabia, police arrested a man who stabbed a guard outside the French consulate in Jeddah. All three attacks come amid a countrywide crackdown on Islamic extremism.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad took to Twitter seemingly in a bid to defend the attackers.

His comments on France triggered another wave of condemnation, but some pundits were also outraged at Twitter for allowing his tweets to remain online, despite censoring US President Donald Trump and banning links to damaging information about his election opponent, Joe Biden.

Twitter did attach a notice to the tweet later on Thursday, warning viewers that while it glorified violence, "it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible."

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his platform's censorship of Trump and his supporters. When asked why Twitter removed tweets by the president about mail-in voting but allowed Iran's Ayatollah to post threats to Israel, Dorsey replied that Trump's comments "can cause more immediate harm."

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Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin wrote on Twitter:

"We strongly condemn the publication concerning our President in the French magazine which has no respect for any belief, sacredness and values. They are just showing their own vulgarity and immorality. An attack on personal rights is not humour and freedom of expression. I condemn this incorrigible French rag's immoral publication concerning our president."

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay wrote on Twitter. "I call on the moral and conscientious international community to speak out against this disgrace."

Tensions between France and Turkey increased over the weekend when Erdogan said French President Emmanuel Macron needed a mental health check, prompting France to recall its ambassador from Ankara.

On Wednesday, France's government spokesman said the country would not give in to "destabilisation and intimidation attempts", and would continue its fight against Islamic extremism. France "will never renounce its principles and values," spokesman Gabriel Attal said after a cabinet meeting, underscoring "a strong European unity" behind its stance.

The European Commission has warned that Erdogan's comments make Turkey's stalled bid to join the EU an even more distant prospect. EU spokesman Peter Stano said: "We clearly expect a change in action and declarations from the Turkish side."

Erdogan contended that the hateful, anti-Islam policies of Macron and the republication of Charlie Hebdo's caricature of the Prophet Mohammed were a sign that Europe is returning to barbarism. He also condemned European intervention in Lebanon, Algeria and Rwanda. He claimed that Europe has invaded "every country" in Africa to look for "diamonds, phosphate and gold."

"You are the murderers," he declared. It is like they want to start the Crusades again. Since the Crusades, the seeds of sedition and hatred that came from Europe began to fall on these lands, and then peace was broken.

He said he is not saddened or angered because of the abominable assault on him personally, but because it is the same source that disrespected the Prophet Mohammed. Ankara has already warned that it is preparing legal action in response to the caricature of Erdogan.

The rhetoric and actions of the French president and his government have angered many Muslims around the world, with leaders in Turkey, Pakistan, Morocco, Iran, and Egypt, among others, slamming Macron and calling for a boycott on French goods.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told France-Inter Radio that security operations will be ramped up at religious sites as the country faces an increased terrorist threat ahead of All Saints' Day on November 1 aimed to tackle "rampant Islamism which is arming people ideologically."

He announced further plans to crackdown on Islamist groups in France - highlighting two groups, the NGO Baraka City and the CCIF (Collective against Islamophobia in France).

"There is a battle against an Islamist ideology. We must not back down," Darmanin said, adding, however, that the Muslim religion "has all its place in the republic." The minister also hit back at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that foreign leaders had no right to meddle in France's concerns.

The French government issued a warning to French expatriates on Tuesday, urging vigilance as anti-French sentiment surges.

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Guanajuato is one of Mexico's most violent states, with its wealth and extensive energy infrastructure drawing in the attention of criminal gangs. The graves were found in the Barrio de San Juan neighborhood in the city of Salvatierra.

Authorities were notified of the graves' possible location two weeks ago, and state and federal security institutions have been working together for the past eight days.

"We have even more possible positive points, which is why we will continue working," said Karla Quintana, the head of Mexico's National Search Commission. "This place is in a neighborhood. To get there you have to pass homes, you have to pass streets ... the people know."

The site is a vacant lot just under a half-mile (kilometer) from the city's main plaza. It is located next to the Lerma River, on the other side of which is a park.

A team of more than 80 people examined the area in 18-hour daily shifts, and 52 excavations were carried out that eventually led to the discovery of the bodies, according to the search's state commissioner, Hector Diaz.

Guanajuato has been shaken by intensifying violence linked to a turf war between powerful rival cartels Jalisco New Generation and Santa Rosa de Lima.

In July, heavily armed men stormed a drug rehabilitation center in the city of Irapuato and killed 27 people.

According to official figures estimate 293,000 people have been murdered so far, but do not specify how many of the cases are linked to organized crime.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday the situation in Guanajuato is "very difficult." He said the deployment of the National Guard in the state was at least allowing authorities to reach areas that were previously inaccessible due to the sway of organized crime.