French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new law today created to combat “radical Islamism” in order to apparently “defend the republic and its values and ensure it respects its promises of equality and emancipation”.[1]
Macron no longer hiding his feelings about Islam. No longer radical Islam, now it’s just Islam that is the problem https://t.co/ljRK3LuNMM
— Bruno Maçães (@MacaesBruno) October 2, 2020
The long-awaited address began with Macron claiming Islam was “in crisis” all over the world.
“Islam is a religion that is in crisis all over the world today, we are not just seeing this in our country”[2]
His comments prompted a huge backlash from Muslims on social media, with French Academic Rim-Sarah Alaoune, tweeting:
“President Macron described Islam as ‘a religion that is in crisis all over the world today’. I don’t even know what to say. This remark is so dumb (sorry it is) that it does not need any further analysis … I won’t hide that I am concerned. No mention of white supremacy even though we are the country that exported the racist and white supremacist theory of the ‘great replacement’, used by the terrorist who committed the horrific massacre in #Christchurch.”
Our chief editor, Dr Salman Butt, commented on the French President’s remarks about Islam:
“Emmanuel Macron, like others who profit from propping up the failed ideology that has caused so much turmoil in the world today, is understandably taking cheap shots at Islam. It is the only comprehensive way of life with a historical track record of creating civilisation from chaos similar to today’s, and it is genuinely a threat to his ill-gotten, temporal privileges. If he were wise he would learn from history and humble himself, lest he join the long list of forgotten losers as footnotes that got in the way of justice, truth and mercy for humanity.”
Shaykh Dr Haitham al-Haddad had a message for President Macron:
Before claiming that Islam is in crisis, he should look at his own values first. Before throwing stones he should look after his glass house. We don’t want to recall the millions of people his ideology in France exterminated in many countries. Maybe he can educate himself with “Calendrier des crimes de la France outre-mer” by author Jacques Morel.
France is still very much in the throes of its white supremacist ideology mascerading as “secularism”. Let us ask Macron how France still look at the black people. How does France view Africa? Ask him about the African countries that must deposit their national currency reserves in France at the central bank. Ask the enlightened civilized macron why a dozen African countries still pay billions of Euros as “Colonial Tax” to France each year.[3] What are these democratic values that he claims to want to protect while France is among the first countries to support dictators all over the world? Who supported Gaddafi of Libya, who is supporting the current Haftar of Libya, who is supporting Hezbollah of Lebanon and meeting secretly with them and others?
Before claiming to fix Islam, fix your civilization and protect your people. Are you aware that your county has the second-highest rates for suicides in Western Europe?[4] France had an overall suicide rate of 12.1 per 100,000 people in 2016. It is also a fact that Europe in general leads the world in suicides.
Despite all the attacks against Islam, it is still the fastest growing way of life in the world. Humanity is fed up with the failed and hypocritical ideology propping up your “civilization”, “technology” and “enlightenment” and want to embrace a way of life that provides them with authentic, non-hypocritical values. They want to adopt a way of life that is not racist and does not take advantage of people and require structural and ongoing oppression just to stay afloat. That way of life is called Islam.
Do not worry Mr Macron, your people are not all like you, they are indeed turning to Islam. The rate of conversion to Islam in France is on the rise. Sooner rather than later, your children or perhaps even you might become Muslim because Islam wins even its enemies. It is better to work with Muslims to fix the problems of your so-called “civilization” before it is destroyed by your values.
Editor of British Muslim news site 5Pillars, Roshan Salih, and spokesperson for the MCB, Miqdaad Versi, also tweeted their response, with many calling the President’s words a blatant attempt to divert attention away from France’s coronavirus second wave crisis.[5]
Just listened to speech by #EmmanuelMacron which could have come out of lips of Boris Johnson or any right wing leader. Political Islam is bad, Islamic separatists are trying to undermine secular values. And then he mentionned French colonialism as if it was thing of the past!
— Roshan M Salih (@RmSalih) October 2, 2020
The willingness to use Islam & minority Muslim communities to rally supporters by promoting a divisive culture war against minorities, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, shows more about those who promote such divisiveness than anyone else… https://t.co/qJxShTIleJ
— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) October 2, 2020
https://twitter.com/yasserlouati/status/1311976860880961536
The new measures are aimed towards “liberating French Islam from foreign influences” will see local officials be given extra-legal powers to combat “extremism”.
He added:
“Our challenge is to fight against those who go off the rails in the name of religion … while protecting those who believe in Islam and are full citizens of the republic.”
His speech today represented a broad outline of future measures, with a more thorough plan expected to be drawn up in the next two weeks in preparation for a bill to strengthen a 1905 law which will be presented in December of this year.
Some of the measures include placing mosques under greater control and will put a gradual end of the long-established practice of bringing Imams from other Middle Eastern countries – especially during the month of Ramadan – instead ensuring any Imam arriving from abroad receives training in France before gaining their certification.
It will also require children from the age of 3 to attend French schools, a place Macron said was “the heart of secularism where children become citizens”[6] and that “secularism is the cement of a united France.”
In addition, Macron said outward displays of “religious” affiliation would be banned in schools and the public service. Wearing the hijab is already banned in French schools and for public servants at their workplace.
Meanwhile, Roshan Salih suggested a quicker and less violent solution to the problems Macron claimed to want to tackle:
#EmmanuelMacron needs to realise that once France stops intervening military in Muslim countries and starts treating Muslims as equal citizens then there’s a real possibility that communal relations in France will improve.
— Roshan M Salih (@RmSalih) October 2, 2020
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Source: www.islam21c.com
Notes:
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/emmanuel-macron-outlines-law-islamic-separatism-france
[2] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/2/macron-announces-new-plan-to-regulate-islam-in-france
[3] https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jecmaus/blog/300114/franceafrique-14-african-countries-forced-france-pay-colonial-tax-benefits-slavery-and-colonization
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_France#:~:text=France%20ranked%20second%20highest%20for,to%20WHO’s%202016%20suicide%20report.
[5] https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/01/paris-could-see-bars-and-restaurants-close-as-covid-19-worsens-in-six-french-cities
[6] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/frances-macron-details-plan-targeting-islamist-separatism-emmanuel-macron-muslims-france-law-underworld-b746741.html
Rather than feeling despair and fear because of Macron’s words, instead, they should only increase our faith in Allah Ta’aala, as this is what he told us would continue to happen when He said,
“Indeed, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people] from the way of Allah…”
(Al-Qur’an 8:36)
In fact, according to Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari’s tafseer of ayah 6 in Surah al-Balad,
“He says, “I have spent wealth in abundance”” means that he spent wealth in the enmity of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so he spent it against Islam.
However, Allah Ta’ala also says in Surah 8:36 that, “…then it will be for them a [source of] regret; then they will be overcome…”
Also, in ayah 7 of Surah al-Balad Allah says, “Does he think that no one has seen him?” meaning does he think that there will be no consequences. We should feel at ease because Allah having power of all things, knowing all things and seeing all things, mean that for sure there will be consequences for these people.
We should be hopeful that Macron’s words mean that France’s days are numbered and that they may face some of the consequences in this world such as Allah taking away this very money from them, through poverty. Look at how the USA is suffering from the consequences of unrest and disunity after having spent trillions in the war in Iraq.
Also, shouldn’t they consider that they disobey Allah and fight His religion with the wealth, eyes, tongue and lips that He gave them, as the the surah continues with,
“Have We not made for him two eyes? And a tongue and two lips?” (Surah al-Balad:8-9)
Macron unsurprisingly proven that he is a giant t**t. Apparently religion cannot play a role in people’s public lives in france, yet the government can manipulate people’s personal lives and religion with no issue huh.