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Khabib Nurmagomedov attacks French President Macron over comments about Islam

Khabib Nurmagomedov denounced French president Emmanuel Macron on Friday following the world leader’s latest comments on Islam.

Nurmagomedov, one of the most popular Muslim fighters in the world, referred to Macron as “scum” and invoked the wrath of God on the French leader after he defended the caricatures and cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

“May God disfigure the face of this scum and that of all his followers who, under the slogan of free speech, offended the feelings of over 1.5 billion Muslims,” Nurmagomedov wrote in an Instagram post (h/t RT Sports). “May the Almighty humiliate them in this life, and in the next.