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“(Muslims) must listen carefully to what Macron said in his speech, he does not want to isolate Muslims in the West, and he is absolutely right,” said Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash in an interview with the German Daily. The world.
He added, “Muslims need to be integrated in a better way, the French state has the right to seek ways of achieving this in parallel by fighting extremism and societal closure.”
Gargash rejected accusations against the French president that Macron was trying to isolate Muslims. (Also Read: Macron Called Position Not Supporting Cartoon Content)
The UAE foreign minister’s remarks come amid continuing protests in the Arab and Muslim world against Macron’s statements on Islam in which he accuses Muslims of “separatism” and defends the publication of controversial cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad. (See Infographic: World’s Most Favored, Here’s Joe Biden’s Profile)
Following an intense campaign of boycotting French products across the Arab and Muslim world, Macron, in an interview with Al-Jazeera, lowered his voice. (Watch Video: US Presidential Candidate Debate, Trump vs Biden Heat from the Beginning)
Macron said he understood Muslim feelings about the cartoon.
France is on high security alert after several knife attacks that have killed scores of people in Paris.
A teacher at one school was beheaded after he displayed cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad in class during a lesson on freedom of expression.
After that a knife attack on a church in Nice killed three people. The perpetrator is a citizen of Tunisian descent.
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