Indonesia condemns France attacks, warns Macron’s remarks ‘insulted Islam’

Name: Indonesian President Joko Widodo condemns France’s Macron for comments on Paris and Nice attacks
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‘Linking religion to acts of terrorism is a massive mistake. Terrorists are terrorists,’ President Widodo says

Conservative Islamic organisations in Indonesia have called for protests and boycotts against France

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Reuters

Published: 6:33pm, 31 Oct 2020Updated: 12:32pm, 2 Nov 2020

Indonesian president Joko Widodo on Saturday condemned what he called “terrorist” attacks in France, but also warned that remarks by President Emmanuel Macron had “insulted Islam” and “hurt the unity of Muslims everywhere.”

Conservative Islamic organisations in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, have called for protests and boycotts against France, sharing an image of Macron as a red-eyed devilish snail.

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo condemns France’s Macron for comments on Paris and Nice attacks

“First of all, Indonesia strongly condemns the violence in Paris and Nice,” Widodo said on Saturday.

“Second, Indonesia also strongly condemns the statement by the French president which has insulted Islam, hurt the feelings of Muslims across the globe and could divide the unity of religious believers … just when the world needs unity to face the Covid-19 pandemic.”

“Freedom of speech that injures the noble purity and sacred values and symbol of religion is so wrong, it shouldn’t be justified and it needs to stop,” Widodo said.

He added, however, that “linking religion to acts of terrorism is a massive mistake. Terrorists are terrorists.”