English-language media – Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) https://iric.org Mon, 19 Jun 2023 18:07:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.14 https://iric.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/iric-favicon.png English-language media – Islamic Research and Information Center (IRIC) https://iric.org 32 32 Macron accuses English-language media of ‘legitimising’ violence in France https://iric.org/macron-accuses-english-language-media-of-legitimising-violence-in-france/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macron-accuses-english-language-media-of-legitimising-violence-in-france https://iric.org/macron-accuses-english-language-media-of-legitimising-violence-in-france/#respond Sun, 15 Nov 2020 17:56:51 +0000 https://demo.iric.org/?p=21338 Facing protests in the Muslim world over his response to terror attacks in France, President Emmanuel Macron phoned a New York Times media columnist to rail against “bias” in the English-language media and accuse some newspapers of “legitimising this violence”. In the New York Times interview, Macron claimed media outside France did not understand the concept of the separation of church and state, and condemned newspapers which criticised France’s policy towards Muslims.

Macron has been the subject of protests for his perceived attacks on Islam, after he backed the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad and claimed in a speech that Islam “is in crisis all over the world today”. Protesters in some countries have called for a boycott of French products.

Source: The Guardian

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