He was also not well liked in France because he justified the Charlie Hebdo massacre:
> "One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people’s faith, one cannot make fun of faith. That is, there is a limit. Every religion has its dignity… in freedom of expression there are limits."
> "If my great friend Alberto Gasparri says a swear word against my mother, then he is going to get a punch. But it’s normal, it’s normal."
These comments were made in response to a French journalist’s question about the relationship between freedom of religion and expression following the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris on January 7, 2015.