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2020-11-01 Europe

Macron takes knee, says he understands Muslims' shock over prophet cartoons

[Aljazeera] French President Emmanuel Macron says he understands the feelings of Muslims who are shocked by the displaying of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad but added that the "radical Islam" he is trying to fight is a threat to all people, especially Muslims.

Macron’s comments to Al Jazeera, in an exclusive interview to be aired in full on Saturday, come amid heightened tensions between the French government and the Muslim world over the cartoons, which Muslims consider to be blasphemous.

“I understand the sentiments being expressed and I respect them. But you must understand my role right now, it’s to do two things: to promote calm and also to protect these rights,” Macron said.

“I will always defend in my country the freedom to speak, to write, to think, to draw,” he added.

Macron also hit out at what he described as “distortions” from political leaders, saying people were often led to believe that the caricatures were a creation of the French state.

“I think that the reactions came as a result of lies and distortions of my words because people understood that I supported these cartoons,” the president said in the interview.

“The caricatures are not a governmental project, but emerged from free and independent newspapers that are not affiliated with the government,” he added.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-01 01:36|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
File under: Moslem Colonists

#1 Genoux - knees (fr.)
Genuflect - kowtow, self-abase, virtue-signal (macron)

Posted by Solomon Omaviter7689 2020-11-01 08:25|| 2020-11-01 08:25|| Front Page Top

#2 The birth of a verb/synonym: to macron

Posted by Clem 2020-11-01 09:25|| 2020-11-01 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Macron - the epitome of a "cheese eating surrender monkey"

Posted by warthogswife 2020-11-01 10:27|| 2020-11-01 10:27|| Front Page Top

#4 His "popularity" ratings before COVID were so dismally low for a current [Western] head of state it was pushing de minimus.

Posted by Clem 2020-11-01 10:38|| 2020-11-01 10:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Bad, but not nearly as bad as Bush's "Islam is Peace!" genuflection on 9/17/01, six days after a mass fatality attack on a major US population center.

The rot set in decades ago.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-11-01 11:52|| 2020-11-01 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 There's a place in France
Where a President sans pants
And his Muslims pray
In their Mosquée de l'Élysée

Through a hole in the wall
You can hear muezzins call,
Even see la Mecque,
But the French don't give a feck

Posted by Ulumble Platypus8651 2020-11-01 12:32|| 2020-11-01 12:32|| Front Page Top

#7 In a place in Texas
On the Saudi-US axis
They said, "Howdy, boys!"
To their oily Yankee toys

Posted by Ulumble Platypus8651 2020-11-01 12:38|| 2020-11-01 12:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Down in France - Frank Zappa

We're playin' in a tent
It's payin' the rent
If you pooch a civilian,
It's a mayor event
In France
Way down in France
Way on down
Way on down
In France

The girls is all salty
The boys is all sweet
The food ain't too shabby,
An' they piss in the street
In France
Way down in France
Way on down
Way on down
In France

They got diseases
Like you never seen
Got a mystery blow-job
Turn your peter green
In France
Way down in France
Way on down
Way on down
In France

They got some coffee,
Eatin' right through the cup,
An' when they go ka-ka
They make you stand up
In France
Way down in France
Way on down
Way on down
In France

If you're not careful,
It'll stick to your cheeks
You'll smell like a native
For a couple of weeks
In France
Way down in France
Way on down
Way on down
In France

We cannot wait
Till we go back
It gets so exciting
When the poodles 'react'
In France
Way down in France
Way on down
Way on down
In France

Never try to get yo' peter sucked
In France

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-11-01 14:56|| 2020-11-01 14:56|| Front Page Top

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