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France: Macron warns about stigmatizing Muslims and linking Islam with jihad terror amid veil row

Oct 20, 2019 9:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned against “stigmatising” Muslims or making the link between Islam “with the fight against terrorism.”

Macron also condemned what he called the “irresponsibility” of political commentators for the “fatal shortcut” of linking Islam with terrorism.

It is disturbing that Emmanuel Macron’s views align with those of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, who also argued against all fact that “it was wrong to ever equate Islam with terrorism, declaring that any form of ‘radical Islam’ does not exist. Khan continued (at the UN) to declare that ‘there is no radical Islam. There is only one Islam.’”

Macron’s defense of Islam “came as a French woman said she was taking legal action against far-right politicians who criticised her for wearing an Islamic headscarf in public.”

Macron is incompetent. The reason why Islam (and not Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, etc.) is in the headlines and linked to jihad terror is because it is. Human rights abuses, persecution and jihad terror are ubiquitous globally and are committed in the name of Islam, justified by Islamic texts.

Concerning the veil, it is a symbol of the inferiority of women:

(Quran 24:31) And tell the believing women to reduce of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.

If a woman does not cover, she is fair game to be assaulted….

(Quran 33:59) O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused.

Islam declares women to be inferior and Muslim women know it. Even so, a Muslim woman is still regarded by the religion as superior to an unbeliever. Many Muslim women (not all) don the hijab or veil as a declaration of supremacy against infidel, secular societies such as France. Despite laws which may forbid it, they stubbornly wear it and charge anyone who objects with  intolerance and “Islamophobia.”

Macron’s kindred leader Imran Khan has also argued in defense of the hijab. Khan stated:

Islamophobia is creating divisions, hijab is becoming a weapon; a woman can take off clothes but she can’t put on more clothes. It started after 9/11 and it started because certain western leaders equated Islam with terrorism.

By contrast, “Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose administration introduced the ban, said veils oppressed women and were ‘not welcome’ in France.”

These are very recent stories by Jihad Watch which depict the sad state of France and its decline:

  • After the Paris jihad massacre and 9/11-style plot, leading intellectuals are urging action against “Islamophobia.” They think jihadists care about their sympathies and appeasement.
  • A Muslim has been arrested for plotting September 11-inspired attack.
  • The deputy editor of Le Figaro was condemned for saying that everyone has the “right to hate religion.”

“Macron warning on stigmatising Muslims amid France veil row,” BBC, October 17, 2019:

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned against “stigmatising” Muslims or linking the Islamic religion with the fight against terrorism.

“We have to stand together with all our fellow citizens,” Mr Macron said during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday.

It came as a French woman said she was taking legal action against far-right politicians who criticised her for wearing an Islamic headscarf in public.

France has about five million Muslims.

It is the largest Muslim minority in Western Europe.

Wearing the Muslim headscarf or veil – known as a hijab – is banned in French schools, government offices and some other public buildings.

France is officially a secular state and body-covering garments have been at the centre of a number of controversies in recent years…..

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  1. Spiro says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 9:45 am

    The plitical correctness and total stupidly about Islam teachings is
    beyond reason
    They refuse to wake up to reality and it will be their downfall

    • Rooster says

      Oct 21, 2019 at 1:28 pm

      R.I.P. Europe!

  2. Emilie Green says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 9:53 am

    At one point, even the marginally stupid, are going to make the connections between Islam* and violence and anti-social behaviors of Muslims. And no amount of scolding or beseeching by “our betters” will cut the mustard.

    *Just plain Islam, with no qualifier like “radical Islam” attached

  3. mortimer says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 10:07 am

    The denialism goes on. Jihad is an ‘essential’ teaching (usul ud-din) of Islam and the sixth pillar of Islam that supports the others. Muslims all know that. However, only around 15% of Muslims are in favor of terrorism today and that means most Muslims think terrorism should only occur at limited times or not at all and 35% of Muslims are quiet apostates.

    However, for Macron to deny that jihad is an authentic and ‘essential’ part of Islam is absurd and insults our intelligence.

    Macron falsely believes that ‘real’ Islam doesn’t support terrorism, but the Koran disagrees with Macron and disagrees with ‘moderate’ Muslims.

    Koran 2:216 “Fighting is prescribed for you (muslims), and ye DISLIKE IT. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you.”

    So most Muslims in France dislike jihad, and Allah is scolding them.

    C’est entendu, Monsieur Macron ? Allah décrète le djihad pour TOUS les Musulmans !

    • Terry Gain says

      Oct 20, 2019 at 10:50 am

      “Muslims all know that. However, only around 15% of Muslims are in favor of terrorism today and that means most Muslims think terrorism should only occur at limited times or not at all and 35% of Muslims are quiet apostates”
      ………….

      Why would Muslims need to resort to terror with even brave counter-jihadists accepting that Islam is a religion entitled to First Amendment protections?

      You might be having a bigger impact than you realize.

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 20, 2019 at 7:16 pm

        John Adams acknowledged that Islam is a religion. Thomas Jefferson acknowledged that Islam is a religion Churchill acknowledged that Islam is a religion.

        Islam is *not* protected by the First Amendment in waging violent Jihad or imposing Shari’ah law, any more than Nazism is protected in murdering Jews or Communism is protected in throwing the middle class into gulags.

        Really, most nations without safeguards for freedom of speech are *less* safe than is the United States.

        Really, I don’t think this miscarriage of justice could have happened in the US:

        “Sharia France: Islamocritic Eric Zemmour guilty of ‘Islamophobia’ for saying France ‘colonized’ by Muslims”

        https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/09/sharia-france-islamocritic-eric-zemmour-guilty-of-islamophobia-for-saying-france-colonized-by-muslims

        France has no First Amendment.

    • Janice Mermikli says

      Oct 21, 2019 at 5:36 am

      Response to Mortimer:

      Très bien écrit. C’est vrai.

  4. Trick_or_Treat says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 10:24 am

    Now, why on earth would we go stigmatising muslims by linking jihad terrorism with their doctrine of islam? What would possibly motivate us to do that [sarcasm OFF/!]. Stupid, stupid, stupid man!

    Then again, besides the advent of the hard core and vicious mockers and knockers, the Holy Bible does expressly prophesy that in these very last days the the alkeged wisdom of all the so-called leaders and wise men will perish and be taken away. They shall be completely devoid of any wisdom, they shall all be totally bereft of any understanding and without light – blind leaders of the blind, all mutually ushering themselves onwards towards destruction [ie: Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 29:9-10; Jeremiah 49:7; Jeremiah 8:7-9; Obadiah 1:8; Habukkuk 1:4, etc].

  5. Trick_or_Treat says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 10:37 am

    PS: At this moment, it seems one of the precious few leaders left on the face of this planet at the moment who is shining with any kind of God-given and blessed wisdom for the time, is good old, bufoonish, narcissistic, in your face – without fear or favour, Donald Trump.
    Never fails to amaze me how God moves and works [lol]

    • Terry Gain says

      Oct 20, 2019 at 10:40 am

      If God is directing the growth of Islam then we are headed for End Times.

  6. Terry Gain says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 10:38 am

    Adherents of this conquest ideology should be allowed to dress as they please. In Muslim countries.

  7. FYI says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 10:42 am

    macron:the french word for a cowardly wimp.

    Remember about the hijab that..

    1}It is worn in honor of a pagan Arab god al LAH,a god who in his “perfect” koran insists that a woman’s testimony can only ever be HALF that of a man{k2;282} due to what islam’s misogynistic,chauvinist bigot of a “prophet” ,muhammed,said was “The DEFICIENCY of a woman’s mind”

    A god who sends women to hell for the terrible crime of being.. TAKFURNA{ungrateful}
    {Sahih muslim 241}

    2}Please research”The Scientific Mistakes in the quran” on You Tube.

    Take careful note of al lah’s BIOLOGY errors:ask yourself what kind of an idiotic god gets Human Biology wrong,especially the anatomy and physiology behind human reproductive biology wrong*,never mind the well known Astronomy mistakes{the moon was split in two?When??The sun sets in muddy pool etc}?

    The hijab is worn in honor of a god who teaches that women are stupid,HALF the value of men and destined for hell anyway.

    The hijab is worn in honor of a god who knows LESS BIOLOGY than any modern,reasonably educated woman.if you know anything about Science or medicine and you look at allah’s Biology mistakes,how can you seriously subscribe to a god who says you as a woman are stupid when clearly he knows LESS than you do?

    Just think about that.

    *The sort who gets his OWN Anatomy seriously wrong{allah has ONE leg and TWO RIGHT HANDS{sahih muslim 1827}.I’m sure the imam will be happy to explain that to you}

    • FYI says

      Oct 20, 2019 at 11:03 am

      But wait,the islamic apologists will say,it is in the koran:allah says women must wear veils!
      koran 33 v 59

      Sure,but do you know what else is in the koran?

      Talking Ants koran 27 :18

      A Talking Infant koran 19:29-30{dawa folk insist this is Jesus speaking}

      The Moon was split in HALF koran 54;1{And no Astronomers saw it?}

      allah can only relate to ONE language ,Arabic and doesn’t seem to think Arabs capable of knowing another one:what an obtuse,parochial,linguistically challenged god is al lah.
      “What!A FOREIGN TONGUE and an arab?”
      koran 41:44

      The Stars?Oh they are just “missiles to ward off devils” koran 67 v 5

      And who knew that “Abraham was not a Jew” koran 3:67?

      This is all clearly nonsense:the hijab requirement comes from a book of plagiarized nonsense{much of the koran was stolen from Jewish sources}

      allah’s criterion :koran 4:82 says that if you can find even ONE error in the koran that would show imperfection in the word of allah and thus the koran cannot come from God{Who is perfect}.Are there errors and incongruities in the koran?Oh Yes!.. but the ‘holy’ men of islam would prefer you didn’t discover them as they would lose their power ,especially over women.

      Look at the origin of the hijab:it was invented by muhammed and umar and then put in a book that pretends to be from God.it is complete nonsense:an Arab god tells women what to wear.

  8. Jay says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 11:07 am

    Macron is an idiot of the highest order! How do people like him get elected?? He supports terrorists over the citizens of France and their safety! If the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral was not enough of a wake up call, than the numerous terror attacks during the last five years should have been the wake up call of the century. Not to mention no go zones, millions of dollars of welfare to the invaders trying to destroy France!
    Macron is an open border, one world order Nazi of the highest degree! Hopefully France wakes up before it’s too late! Viva la 🇫🇷 France.

  9. Warren Raymond says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 12:01 pm

    “France has about five million Muslims.”

    That’s a lie.

    French elites pretend that number is stagnant since 1970.

    That’s BS.

    There are at least ten million Mohammedans in France.

    They are everywhere and they made life very unpleasant & dangerous for the natives.

    • Lotus says

      Oct 20, 2019 at 6:46 pm

      Apparently, the French government is forbidden by law from asking for a person’s religious affiliation in a census (duh!).

      So the numbers rely on on other sources. That is probably why there are so many variations in the estimates.

      There could be up to 8.5 million in France, depending on how you define Muslim.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_France

  10. Lavéritétriomphera says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 12:58 pm

    E Macron must tell us a little more about islamic veil and and of its compatibility with the institutional rules in force in France. I’m thinking particularly of secularism.

  11. No Muzzies Here says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 1:30 pm

    The politicians know that they must accommodate Islam if they want to hold on to power. The Christians in France are largely non-practicing and their numbers are not growing.

    The opposite is true for Islam.

    Not too many politicians care about their country. Most care about keeping their public office, no matter what principle they must violate in order to do so.

  12. Angemon says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 3:14 pm

    French President Emmanuel Macron has warned against “stigmatising” Muslims

    “Stigmatizing” “right-wingers”, on the other hand, seems to be 100% halal…

    or linking the Islamic religion with the fight against terrorism.

    Oh, now that’s something I won’t do as long as I am sound of mind – linking islam with the fight against terrorism…

    • Lory says

      Oct 21, 2019 at 7:48 pm

      So true Agemon “Stigmatizing” “right-wingers”, on the other hand, seems to be 100% halal…”
      The government of France and Germany in particular will pass blame on the the “right-wingers” to deflect from the negative and lawless actions of some of their asylum seekers that happen regularly, especially since Fall 2015.

  13. Lydia Church says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    You cannot unlink this, the chain is already linked.

    • Janice Mermikli says

      Oct 21, 2019 at 5:38 am

      True. Good post.

  14. somehistory says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 5:49 pm

    The “veil” has been banned in government offices, buildings, etc…..yet the moslim woman wears it, is called on it due to it being “illegal” to wear it where she did, and she is “suing” those who called her on doing something illegal.

    And, Macron says not to “link” islam with terror. Evidently, islam can’t even be linked with simple crimes…like wearing the moslim rag in public buildings where it has been banned. If she is allowed to sue for being called on her illegal action.

    And never are moslims going to “fight terrorism,” as that would mean they had to stop it as a means of getting their way, and meeting their goal of world domination for islam.

    If France had a few thousand moslims, and banned the moslim scarf…as they did…moslim women would be afraid to wear it in public for fear of being fined. Because they are in large numbers, and the president is saying don’t link moslims with terror, the moslims are emboldened to commit a crime and when called out, take legal action against those enforcing the law.

    If they can’t be “linked” with the terror they commit, how can anyone hope to stop the terror, or even arrest those who commit it? Next thing, moslim terrorists who survive…unlike the guy in the police HQ…will be suing those who arrest them. And the families of those killed during an attack, will sue the police who shoot the terrorist.

  15. tgusa says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 7:12 pm

    I don’t know about the rest of you but I always look to the French president (Ayatollah Macron) when I have questions regarding islamic doctrine.

    “French President Emmanuel Macron has warned against “stigmatising” Muslims or making the link between Islam “with the fight against terrorism.”

    If this is not true why do these leftist leaders feel the need to come out every other week and tell us, its just not true. And yet, their words continue to fall on deaf ears. These leaders don’t have a problem with stigmatizing anyone who doesn’t believe their bi-weekly proclamations. I am long past wondering just whose side these leaders are on. Yes, I am making that link.

  16. gravenimage says

    Oct 20, 2019 at 7:20 pm

    France: Macron warns about stigmatizing Muslims and linking Islam with jihad terror amid veil row
    ………………

    Still as much a useful idiot as ever.

  17. FireFox says

    Oct 21, 2019 at 12:49 am

    Macron is just an imbecile.
    Khan is a taqiya spewing moslem.
    And yes there is just one Islam: the kafir-hating, expansionist, supremacist, unassimilating, world-dominating radical Islam with a god of hate, terror, and death.
    Believe the quran.

  18. Linda Rivera says

    Oct 21, 2019 at 2:19 pm

    Jew Hater/ Christian Hater Macron is basically calling Mass Murderer, Warlord Mohammad a LIAR and the Quran War Book, a book of LIES.

    I’m sure lots of nice people would happily donate to pay for Macron’s plane trip to ISIS HQ where ISIS would be more than happy to give Macron a personal lesson in what the Quran teaches.

  19. toomanyhobbies says

    Oct 21, 2019 at 6:37 pm

    real quick google Islamic acts of terrorism…… that guy is a idiot!

  20. peter says

    Oct 21, 2019 at 9:18 pm

    Macron ,jJustin Tredau and Obama are birds of the same feather . They are the three slicksters who have been fooling humanity for a long time

  21. TattooedMan77 says

    Oct 24, 2019 at 8:38 am

    Islam=Peace
    Unless of course if you don’t include the 30 Terror Attacks between 2003 to Present.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_France

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