Hamas protests against French President Emmanuel Macron

Supporters of Hamas Islamic militant group in Gaza protested on Saturday against French President Emmanuel Macron and his crackdown on militant Islam in France.

In days since beheading of a teacher in a Paris suburb, French authorities have shut down a mosque and ordered a domestic Islamist militant group be dissolved.

group, Collective Cheikh Yassine, was named after a slain Hamas leader.

A French Government spokesperson said it was "implicated, linked" to attack and it was used to promote anti-republican hate speech.

Dozens of Hamas supporters protested against Macron's recent statements on Islam, which y said were insulting to religion and to Prophet Muhammad.

A terror investigation is under way into killing by an 18-year-old Moscow born Chechen refugee, who was later shot dead by police.