PARIS: the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has demanded Pakistan Authorities withdraw comments made by one of their ministers that President Emmanuel Macon was treating Muslims as the Nazis had treated Jews in World War II.
The comments posted on Twitter by Pakistan’s federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Saturday came as part of a confrontation between Pakistan and France over the publication of images of the prophet Muhammad by a French magazine. The images have sparked anger and protests in the Muslim world, especially in Pakistan.
“Macron it is doing to Muslims what the Nazis did to Jews: Muslim children will get identification numbers (other children will not) just as Jews were forced to wear the yellow star on their clothing to identify themselves, “he said. Mazari in a tweet that links to an online article.
In a follow-up tweet on Sunday, Mazari doubled down on his claims following a conviction from the French Foreign Ministry on Saturday night.
“These hateful words are outright lies, imbued with an ideology of hatred and violence. Such slander is unworthy of this level of responsibility. We reject them most firmly,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll, He added that Paris had informed the Pakistani embassy of its strong condemnation of the comments.
Pakistan must rectify these comments and return to the path of a dialogue based on respect ”.
Pakistan’s parliament passed a resolution in late October urging the government to withdraw its envoy from Paris, accusing Macron of “inciting hatred” against Muslims.
Macron paid tribute to a French history teacher who was beheaded by an 18-year-old man of Chechen origin for showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a class on freedom of expression.
French officials have said the beheading was an assault on the French core value of free speech.
After the satirical magazine Charlie hebdo When he republished the cartoons in September, Macron said that freedom to blaspheme went hand in hand with freedom of belief in France.
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