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Arab newspapers and websites discussed the reactions to the statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron during the memorial service of teacher Samuel Patty, who was beheaded on a Paris street due to the display of offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students.
Macron said: “We will not abandon drawings and cartoons even if we withdraw,” sparking a new wave of anger and calling for a boycott of French products.
The book condemned what they described as “Macron’s abuse of Islam” and “infantilism”, while others understood the challenges France faces, represented by the targets of “Islam political groups.”
‘Culture of hate’
The continued reactions to Macron’s remarks made headlines in Arab newspapers and websites.
The Jordanian “Constitution” reads: “The Gulf Cooperation Council: Macron’s abuse of Islam” increases the culture of hatred ‛”.
“Due to Macron’s insult to Islam, the protests in front of the house of the French ambassador in Israel”, says the Egyptian “Echo of the Country”.
Abdullah al-Majali believes in the Jordanian “Al-Sabeel” that “when the president of the French state leads the campaign to return the offensive cartoons of the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he knows that the Messenger has a special religious status with more than fifteen hundred million Muslims on the face of the world, then he is really a president in need. A test to ensure the health of his mental faculties, as said by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The writer adds: “These offensive cartoons may be the cause of the murder of the French teacher, but that crime cannot cover the crime of offensive cartoons and make it a state policy, so its president launches a campaign to spread it and provoke to Muslims all over the world Countries that claim civilization and their presidents must not act “Adulterated, malicious and childish reactions”.
The radicalization of French political leadership
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A painting commemorating the dead in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo
Under the title “The Liberalism of France We Seek”, the Kuwaiti “Al-Qabas” says in its editorial: “The behavior may be justified when French society is angered by the horror of this heinous crime, as well as the anger of all global civil society, but the danger we must stop at is that this extremism is transmitted. Al-Asabia came to the French political leadership, whose national motto was ‘freedom … equality … brotherhood’, until this extremism he reached out to the French head of state, his own president Emmanuel Macron, to confront the extremism of a handful, claiming that he represents Islam with greater extremism, led by a superpower, Against all Islamic peoples. “
The newspaper adds: “Treating ‘Islamic extremism’ with ‘European right-wing extremism’ will only result in more violence, perpetuate hatred and develop aggression. Therefore, we hope that a great country like France does not resort to an exclusionary approach that undermines its liberal values and the country that it was. A pioneer in the enlightenment movement. “
Khaled Al-Sulaiman said in “Okaz” Saudi Arabia: “Although I am against the acts of violence that take place in protest against the offensive behavior of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, in the fact that his harm is greater than their benefit, and they are always used to distort the image of Muslims and attack them, in addition to my belief that the position of the Prophet is over him. Prayer and peace are higher, higher and higher than usual. that a human being touches, and did not hurt him in his life and would not harm him in his death, except that I cannot understand that western laws ignore the causes of violence, feed feelings and create enmities and conflicts in the name of freedom of expression.
And the writer continues: “Freedom of expression on a moral and rational level in Western regimes is not absolute in many cases where freedoms are suppressed as a result of the damage that results from them, such as calls for violence, incitement to assassination and support for Nazism and fascism! “
Abd al-Basit Seda points out in London-based “Al-Quds Al-Arabi” that “it is absolutely necessary for political thinkers and leaders to think well and adopt the objective caution required in the use of expressions and terms, to avoid any offense to people’s beliefs and feelings, and to avoid eliciting strong reactions which are often “It becomes new material in the exploitative operations practiced by corrupt regimes and extremist movements. It is the processes that benefit the media machines and the slogan campaigns of the far-right forces in many Western societies, and even in Eastern European countries that attribute Islamic extremism to Islam. ”
The battle with political Islam
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Thousands of people demonstrated in France after the massacre of a teacher who showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad
On the other hand, Al-Hashemi Nouira understands the French position and asks in the Emirati “declaration”: “What is the future of political Islam in Western countries?”
It points out that the homicide of the French teacher provoked: “very violent official and social reactions, because for the first time political parties, partisans and civil organizations, with their various intellectual and political orientations, met in France with an opinion and position that condemns without reservation the terrorist operation, as well as There was consensus to point the accusing finger at the political groups of Islam, and all demanded that it be eradicated in the bud, preventing him and the private associations that finance his activities.
And the writer adds: “Perhaps it is the first time that these groups have lost the political support they received from political parties and partisans, especially from the left. This link has protected their activity in recent years and has proven its existence, allowing them to locate in various neighborhoods in various French cities and countryside. , Which is witnessing a dense Muslim population. “
Sawsan Al-Shaer of London-based Asharq Al-Awsat shares a similar view, saying: “The beheading of the French history professor sparked a new battle within French society between the left that supported religious groups and the right-wing opposition, so the media launched an attack on religious groups that the right-wing took advantage of in their political battle. “
And he continues: “Recent incidents may push left parties to reconsider their strategy in support of Islamic religious groups, and the next European battle will be against ‘groups’, not Islam, so let’s pay attention to sects.” .
