President Macron’s statements have actually harmed the beliefs of numerous Muslims around the world
Bogor, W Java – Indonesia’s former House of Representatives (DPR) speaker, Fadli Zon, signed up with calls to boycott French products in reaction to President Emmanuel Macron’s statements on Islam and assistance for depiction and publication of cartoons on Prophet Muhammad.
” President Macron’s declarations have injured the beliefs of so numerous Muslims around the world,” the legislator, representing the Excellent Indonesian Movement (Gerindra) Faction at the Home, was estimated by ANTARA as stating on his Twitter account here, Thursday.
The Indonesian government has likewise denounced French President Macron’s remarks on Islam and support for representation and publication of cartoons on Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that triggered much ire in the Islamic World.
To register its demonstration, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry summoned French Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Olivier Chambard, on Tuesday (October 27, 2020) and sought a description for Macron’s controversial statements.
Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, Teuku Faizasyah, told ANTARA on Wednesday that Ambassador Chambard was summoned to apprise him of Indonesia’s official position on the anti-Islam remarks made just recently by Macron in a speech.
The Indonesian federal government has actually challenged President Macron’s remarks connecting Islam to terrorism or extremism, asserting that associating any religious beliefs to acts of fear was unjustifiable and would deeply anger followers of the faiths, Faizasyah highlighted.
Macron’s remarks following the beheading of Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, for revealing animations of Prophet Muhammad throughout a class on October 6, 2020, have sparked debate and sustained a reaction from Muslims worldwide over the past few days.
The federal governments of Muslim bulk countries, including Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia, have actually condemned Macron’s “anti-Islam” remarks and “Islamophobic” behavior.
Meanwhile, Muslims at the grassroots have also voiced their fury and dissatisfaction over Macron’s defense of the right to reprint and depict caricatures of Prophet Muhammad by staging anti-France rallies and magnifying projects for boycotting French goods.
Paty was eliminated by Abdullakh Anzorov, 18, on October 16,2020 Anzorov, who was later on shot dead by the French cops, had felt angered over Paty showing animations of Prophet Muhammad to trainees.
” France will not quit our cartoons,” Macron had specified in action to Paty’s death, as reported by the BBC.
Following his death, Paty was bestowed the Légion d’honneur, France’s greatest honor.
In the consequences of his murder, cartoons portraying Prophet Muhammad, made by Charlie Hebdo, were forecasted onto public buildings.
In action to Macron’s Islamophobic behavior and hostility towards Islam, deputy chairman of the Acehnese Ulema Consultative Assembly (MPU), Faisal Ali, had appealed to the Indonesian government to sign up with the calls for boycotting French items in Indonesia.
” The federal government’s involvement will demonstrate that Indonesia, with the most significant Muslim population on the planet, has actually felt offended by French President Emmanuel Macron’s intolerance towards Islam and Muslims,” he mentioned.
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