It is difficult to ascertain the extent of the boycott’s impact, given that only sporadic reports have been received about the impact of sales of French goods and goods in the Islamic world. Here are some French companies and sectors that do business with Muslim-majority countries. There is no indication that any of them have been affected so far, unless otherwise indicated.
Grain
France is a major exporter of grains globally, with some of its largest markets located in Muslim-majority countries. And Algeria is the tenth largest market for exports of French agricultural products, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture in Paris, with exports amounting to about 1.4 billion euros in 2019. Morocco, which is one of the Islamic countries that condemned the publication of the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, ranked 17th in importing French agricultural products Last year, exports amounted to 700 million euros.
Big stores
The boycott calls target the Carrefour chain of stores in Saudi Arabia. A campaign to urge consumers not to go to these stores spread strongly on social media in the Kingdom over the weekend.
Carrefour has many branches in the Middle East and South Asia through partnerships. One of the partners has exclusive rights to Carrefour in countries such as Pakistan, Lebanon and Bahrain. While another partner owns Carrefour rights in Morocco. Reuters journalists in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, visited two Carrefour stores that appeared to be crowded as usual.
It is difficult to ascertain the extent of the boycott’s impact, given that only sporadic reports have been received about the impact of sales of French goods and goods in the Islamic world. Here are some French companies and sectors that do business with Muslim-majority countries. There is no indication that any of them have been affected so far, unless otherwise indicated.
Grain
France is a major exporter of grains globally, with some of its largest markets located in Muslim-majority countries. And Algeria is the tenth largest market for exports of French agricultural products, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture in Paris, as the value of exports reached about 1.4 billion euros in 2019. Morocco, one of the Islamic countries that condemned the publication of the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, ranked 17th in importing French agricultural products Last year, exports amounted to 700 million euros.
Big stores
The boycott calls target the Carrefour chain of stores in Saudi Arabia. A campaign to urge consumers not to go to these stores spread strongly on social media in the Kingdom over the weekend.
Carrefour has many branches in the Middle East and South Asia through partnerships. One of the partners has exclusive rights to Carrefour in countries such as Pakistan, Lebanon and Bahrain. While another partner owns Carrefour rights in Morocco. Reuters journalists in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, visited two Carrefour stores that appeared to be crowded as usual.
energy
The French energy giant Total is present in several Muslim-majority countries. In Pakistan, Bangladesh and Turkey, which have witnessed strong anti-French reactions due to the cartoons, the company is mainly focused on selling its petrochemical and petroleum products. In Saudi Arabia, as well as in many other Gulf states, Total has investments in exploration and production, and in some cases, refining.
Fashion and luxury goods
Reuters visited a store in Kuwait City on Sunday to find that L’Oréal’s cosmetics and skin care products had been removed from shelves. The store was one of about 70 outlets linked to a cooperative that decided to stop selling French products. But L’Oréal and other companies in the French fashion sector have had limited influence over boycott campaigns in the region. The Middle East and Africa represent little in the way of L’Oréal’s profits, at just over 2%.
For the big French fashion brands, the Middle East represents a fraction of sales compared to the United States, Asia or Europe. Famous brands such as Louis Vuitton owned by LVMH and privately held Chanel have stores across the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and Dubai.
But wealthy customers in the Middle East tend to purchase luxury goods while traveling. LVMH, which also owns Christian Dior, does not disclose the extent of the Middle East contribution to its revenue.
Defense and space
France is one of the largest arms exporters in the world. Thales sells weapons, aviation technology, and public transport systems to a number of Muslim-majority countries. Clients include Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey and Qatar, according to the company’s website. Egypt and Qatar are among the countries that have ordered military Rafale planes from Dassault, which also considers the region a large market for its private jets.
HG / KS (AFP, Reuters)
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France
France is the country with the largest number of Muslims in Europe, with an estimated 5 million Muslims. Most of these Muslims belong to the countries of the Maghreb and North Africa. The number of Muslims in France increased significantly after the First World War, as the country was in need of manpower.
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Germany
Germany is among the most important countries that Muslims have visited since the end of World War II. The number of Muslims in Germany is estimated at about 5 million. The percentage of Turks exceeds two-thirds. The number of Muslims in this country also increased, especially between 2010 and 2016, when about a million refugees visited it. According to studies, 86 percent of the refugees who went to Germany were Muslims. The country includes hundreds of mosques and dozens of religious centers.
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Britain
Most of the Muslims in Britain are based in the capital, London. Their origins are divided between India, the Middle East and Africa. The most recent study on the subject indicated that the United Kingdom did not enter many Muslim refugees between 2010 and 2016, as their number was estimated at 60,000. In general, the number of Muslims who have arrived in the Kingdom since 2010 is approximately 43 percent of immigrants to Britain.
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Spain
Part of Spain lived under Islamic rule for a long time, and some of its cities still have traces of this. According to 2012 statistics, more than one million 900 thousand people convert to Islam in the country. The majority of Muslims there descend from Amazigh origins, especially from northern Morocco and some African countries. Muslims are distributed among many cities, the most important of which are: Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia, Valencia, Murcia and Canarias.
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Italy
According to a statistic dating back to 2016, Muslim Moroccans are estimated to be around half a million Muslims, out of more than 1,700,000 people who convert to Islam. Muslims in Italy are concentrated in the industrial sectors in the north of the country, and the capital alone includes more than 100,000 Muslims. As for the places of worship, Rome includes one of the largest mosques in Europe, as well as other mosques spread in cities and metropolitan areas.
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Holland
In the last decades of the last century, the Netherlands attracted labor from “Muslim countries” such as Turkey and Morocco. Data indicate that the number of Muslims in the Netherlands exceeded 850,000 Muslims in 2006. The Dutch newspaper AD also recently indicated that Islam is widely spread within the country, and reinforced this with figures indicating the growth of Islam in Amsterdam, like other religions.
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Belgium
Many Muslims go to Belgium, and there are more than 700,000 Muslims of Moroccan origin in the first place. Islam ranks second among the religions adopted in the country. According to a report by the Belgian newspaper, the Economist, earlier, half of the children of public schools in Brussels are from Muslim families. There are also more than 300 mosques in the capital. Belgium recognizes Islam and allocates a budget to teach Islamic education, and to pay the salaries of some imams.
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Denmark
Islam recently arrived in Denmark with the migration of Muslim workers starting in the mid-twentieth century. The number of Muslims is estimated at about 300,000 Muslims, or roughly 5 percent of the population of Denmark. Most of them are from Turkey and Arab countries. There are also among the Muslims Albanians, Pakistanis and Danes
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Greece
The percentage of Muslims in Greece is estimated at about 3 percent of the total population. Greece is considered among the first countries to know Islam, as Muslim armies came to the island of “Rhodes” for the first time in 654 AD. There are five Muslim population groups in the country, which are divided into: Turks, Pomaks, Albanians, and others, in addition to immigrants. There are many mosques in the country, many of them dating back to the Ottoman era.
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Poland
The beginnings of Muslims in Poland go back to the fourteenth century AD. Currently, the number of Muslims there is considered small compared to other European countries. There are some indications that the number of these people reaches only 31,000 Muslims, which is approximately 1 percent of the total population. And there is the largest Islamic gathering in the city of Piautsnok. Some statistics indicate that, in 2050, the number of Muslims will double the number that exists now. Prepared by: Maryam Margheesh
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