Is it helpful for the president of France to troll French Muslims? Probably not. But I'm not sure there's another way to read his statement that "Laïcité never killed anyone." It seems clear he's drawing a contrast between laïcité and a particular religion
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It should be possible to do two things—to condemn the horrific attacks in France this past week in the strongest possible terms, while also viewing the French government's response as problematic and counterproductive
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The French government is increasingly stigmatizing an entire group because of the actions of individual extremists. There should be no assumption of collective guilt. The actions of terrorists should not be used to delegitimatize French Muslims. But that's what's happening
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The new Macron interview is worrying, to put it mildly. Watch it and judge for yourself. He's conflating conservative and traditionalist interpretations of Islam with terrorism and extremism. This is precisely what you *don't* do after a terrorist attack https://twitter.com/EvropeanUnion/status/1322661847233974272/video/1 …
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@MacaesBruno correctly points out: "A family of traditionalist Muslims will feel itself the target" of Macron's commentshttps://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1322684762339840001 …Show this thread -
If you're a French Muslim woman who simply wears the headscarf, then you are perceived by your own president as undermining the "values" of the Republic and violating gender equality. That has nothing to do with terrorism. This is about attacking individual religious practice
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This is chilling, so much in fact that I'm struggling to believe it's real. As part of an "anti-separatism" bill, the French government is proposing 5 years in prison for anyone who refuses to be treated by a doctor of the opposite sexhttps://twitter.com/anealla/status/1323007870942806018 …
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Good point here from
@MazMHussain on how the U.S. counterterrorism model differs from that of France https://twitter.com/MazMHussain/status/1322544841637662720 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread
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He needs some history lessons. .
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Here's a 3-minute video explaining the principle of laïcité in France. I'd be curious to hear why you think Macron's tweet is silly.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx50d_aqaUo …
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