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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
President French Emmanuel Macron he says his country is fighting “Islamic separatism, not Islam.” This was revealed by Macron in response to an article in England.
Macron states Financial times he misquoted his statement and the article has since been removed from the newspaper’s website.
On Wednesday, in a letter to the newspaper’s editor, Macron said the British newspaper accused him of “stigmatizing French Muslims for electoral purposes and fostering a climate of fear and suspicion against them.”
“I will not allow anyone to claim that France, or its government, encourages racism against Muslims,” Macron said. AFP, Thursday (4/11).
An opinion piece written by a correspondent Financial times Posted Tuesday alleges that Macron’s condemnation of “Islamic separatism” runs the risk of fostering a “hostile environment” for French Muslims.
The article was subsequently removed from the newspaper’s website and replaced by a notice that the article “contained errors of fact.”
Macron also warned that there is still a “breeding ground” for extremism in France.
“In certain districts and on the Internet, groups associated with radical Islam are teaching hatred against the republic, to our children, asking them to ignore the law,” Macron said.
“This is what France is fighting against, against hatred and death that threatens children, (France) has never been against Islam. We are against deception, fanaticism, violent extremism. Not religion,” he said.
In recent weeks, Macron has sparked protests in several Muslim countries over his support for the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad following the beheading of a teacher named Samuel Paty in October.
Paty was murdered for discussing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad with his disciples. Islam prohibits the representation of the prophet Muhammad.
Following a wave of protests and boycotts of French products around the world, Macron admits that understanding the cartoon may be shocking to some. This was conveyed in an interview with Al Jazeera on the weekend.
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