“I can understand that people could be shocked by the caricatures, but I will never accept that violence can be justified,” Macron said in the interview. The president reiterated that he considered it his “duty to protect our freedoms and our rights” in France. However, Macron added that his words …
Read More »WATCH: Muslims in Berlin hold protests against Macron’s anti-Islamist crackdown, chant ‘Allahu akbar’
The crowd held a roughly 30-minute demonstration in the city’s Hermannplatz, to protest against the showing of cartoons of Islam’s Prophet Mohammed across France, as well as Macron’s ongoing crackdown on Islamism. Tensions within French society have been ramping up in the wake of the beheading of school teacher Samuel …
Read More »Macron’s clampdown on radical Islam is backed by most French, but should’ve been done in more conciliatory way – Austria’s ex-FM
Following the beheading of schoolteacher, Samuel Paty, by a radicalized Chechen refugee earlier this month, Macron vowed to defended French values and take a firm stand against Islamist extremism, announcing the closure of several mosques on accusations of promoting fringe ideology. “The president had many, many people behind him when …
Read More »Attack in Nice carried out by ‘Islamist terrorist’, Macron says, ordering troops to patrol churches & schools in France (VIDEO)
Two people were killed inside a Catholic church in the southern French city, according to local reports, while a third person managed to escape from the attacker but later succumbed to their injuries. The suspect was shot by police and injured. He has been taken to hospital. Visiting Nice in the …
Read More »Macron announces 2nd national lockdown in France, says country ‘overrun’ by Covid-19
“I’ve decided that we need to return to the lockdown which halted the virus,” Macron said in an address to the nation, while urging unity in the face of the challenge. The measures will again restrict people to their homes, except for buying essential goods, seeking medical treatment or one-hour of …
Read More »Muslim boycott threats and politics play out in attacks on ‘mentally ill’ Macron as he ups the rhetoric against Islamists
President Emmanuel Macron brought down the wrath of Islam upon his own impeccably groomed head this weekend but amid all the insults, slurs and boycotts of French goods, we all know that behind the florid rhetoric this is just a storm dans une tasse de thé. The president’s alleged offence …
Read More »Macron’s Islam remarks bring archrivals Iran & Saudi Arabia together to join growing Muslim condemnation of French leader
Macron drew the ire of Muslims with his comments in the wake of the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty. The man was beheaded over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed which he showed students during a class on freedom of speech. The president said Paty “was killed because Islamists want …
Read More »Erdogan says Macron needs ‘mental health treatment’ and doesn’t understand freedom of religion
“What is Macron’s problem with Islam and Muslims? He needs mental health treatment,” Erdogan said at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party on Saturday, Turkish media reported. Erdogan has been highly critical of the rhetoric Macron has employed to combat Islamic extremism in France. In early October, …
Read More »France to dissolve pro-Hamas group after Macron claims organization ‘directly implicated’ in teacher’s beheading
A government spokesman said on Wednesday that the Islamic organization would be banned from the country. “This is a battle over security, culture and education,” spokesman Gabriel Attal said while announcing the decision. Macron vowed a day earlier that his cabinet would move to break up the organization, which he …
Read More »Macron calls killing of ‘beheaded’ French teacher an ‘Islamist terrorist attack’
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