Indonesia Condemns French President’s ‘Islamic Separatist’ Statement

To date there are 4,023 Indonesian nationals living in France. Twenty-five of them live in Nice and the surrounding parts of southern France.

President Macron has been criticized for his refusal to condemn the republishing of a cartoon mocking the Prophet Muhammad by the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in September 2020, on grounds that the cartoon did not violate France’s secular constitution.

However, his statement to combat ‘Islamic separatism’ in France drew outrage from Muslim-majority countries.

The statement prompted leaders of Pakistan and Turkey to label Macron as Islamophobic, and triggered calls to boycott French products there and in other Muslim majority countries.

(Writer/Editor: Dani Prabowo)

Sources:

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/10/30/14573951/indonesia-kecam-pernyataan-presiden-perancis. 

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/10/30/13560991/indonesia-kecam-serangan-mematikan-di-perancis.