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France’s Emmanuel Macron to

Muslims: ‘I hear your anger, but
won’t accept violence’
Emmanuel Macron stressed that he “would never accept that the cartoons
justify violence...I will always defend in my country the freedom to say, to
write, to think, to draw.”

By: Bloomberg | November 1, 2020 8:01:13 am

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French President Emmanuel Macron has vigorously defended such depictions as protected under the
right to free speech.

French President Emmanuel Macron told Al-Jazeera Saturday he understood

Muslim anger at cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad but violence was
unacceptable and he’d defend his nation’s freedoms. He spoke as France faced
terrorist attacks at home and boycott calls in Muslim countries.

Macron’s interview with the Arab broadcaster came days after a Tunisian
migrant killed three people at a southern French church. The president told Al-
Jazeera he wanted to clear misconceptions about his role and fiercely secular
country, where public displays of Islam, such as halal sections in grocery stores,
have become a flash point.

“I understand the feelings this stirs, I respect them,” he said of Muslim objections
to the cartoons amid widening protests in Muslim countries. “But I want you to
understand my role: my role is to calm things down as I’m doing here, and to
protect those rights.”

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But he stressed that he “would never accept that the cartoons justify violence…I
will always defend in my country the freedom to say, to write, to think, to draw.”

“Deciding to boycott a country, a people, because a newspaper said something in

our country, is crazy,” Macron said.

Even as the interview was broadcasting, police said a gunman shot and critically
wounded a Greek Orthodox priest in the French city of Lyon, the Associated
Press reported. The assailant’s motives weren’t immediately clear, but the
shooting comes days after the attack on a church in Nice.

READ | ‘May Allah disfigure his face’: Khabib slams Emmanuel Macron over
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Police o cers search for clues after a priest was shot in the city of Lyon, central France.  (AP
Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Message of Peace

The country has come under attack in recent years by Islamist extremists who
have killed dozens of people. In 2015, two members of al-Qaeda gunned down 13
people at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo after it published
cartoons ridiculing the Muslim prophet.

The latest furor came after Macron said that Islam was facing a “crisis,” referring
to extremists he says have distorted the religion’s teachings. The comment

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sparked condemnation across the Muslim world and fueled calls for a boycott of
French products.

Earlier this month, an assailant beheaded a teacher in Paris who had showed
the cartoons of the Muslim prophet in a class discussion about freedom of
expression.

Editorial | Nice terror strike should strengthen global resolve against

extremist ideologies that use religion to terrorise and kill.

French lawmakers observe a minute silence to pay tribute to slain teacher Samuel Paty, on the steps of
the National Assembly in Paris.  (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

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Macron’s interview came as France pushed back on criticism that it discriminates

against its Muslim minority while it seeks to crack down on Islamist radicals.
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian proffered a “message of peace” in a speech
on Thursday as leaders and clerics of Muslim countries criticized what they
called attacks on the Muslim prophet.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who already has a tense relationship
with Macron, backed the call to boycott French products and said the French
president needed a mental evaluation.

Explained: France’s complex relationship with Islam, and Macron’s recent

remarks

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Hamas supporters burn defaced pictures of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest
against the publishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in front of
the French Cultural center in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Macron told Al-Jazeera that most victims of terrorism are Muslim.

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