(Global News) A cartoon published in Wednesday’s edition of l’Acadie Nouvelle, an independent French-language newspaper in New Brunswick, is causing a social media outcry.
Marcel Boudreau’s cartoon depicts a caveman dragging a woman juxtaposed with the image of a man wearing a turban carrying a gun, who is using a leash to drag a woman wearing a burqa.
Moncton-based activist Hafsah Mohammad said the cartoon “turns Muslim women into an object and degrades them.”
The cartoon was quickly removed from the paper’s website, but can still be found in the digital and print editions of Wednesday’s paper.
Moncton’s Inda Intiar was shocked when she first saw the cartoon.
