Macron’s belated climb-down

Abdel Bari Atwan- The French president has second thoughts about Muslim-baiting for political advantag

The French president has second thoughts about Muslim-baiting for political advantage

Emmanuel Macron went on the Al- Jazeera channel on Saturday to say he understands the feelings of Muslims shocked by the displaying of offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad and qualify his fulsome defence of the drawings. “I think that the reactions came as a result of lies and distortions of my words because people understood that I supported these cartoons,” he explained. This represents a climbdown by the French president and a victory for the campaign to boycott French goods which swept much of the Islamic world. But it is not enough. Macron owes a clear apology to 1.7 billion Muslims for the abuse to which he subjected them and his faith. This would be in France’s own interest first and foremost, as the wound he caused is deep and the damage has already been done.

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