Emmanuel Macron Archives - Voice of the Cape

France’s Macron condemns Israel strike on Gaza hospital, calls for humanitarian access to Strip

France’s President, Emmanuel Macron, has condemned the reported deadly Israeli strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, urging for humanitarian aid to be allowed into the besieged Territory. On Tuesday night, a missile struck the compound of the Al-Ahli Arabi hospital in Gaza City, with a massive explosion being seen and heard, killing at least 300. Other reports put the number at over 500, and some at over […]

19 October 2023

International News

France reveals details of controversial ‘separatism’ bill

France’s draft law aimed at tackling what the government terms “Islamist radicalism” was unveiled on Wednesday. President Emmanuel Macron has promoted the bill to target what he calls “separatists” undermining the nation, but rights groups have raised concerns over the law, saying it would discriminate against French Muslims. Among notable measures is making school obligatory from age three with the ability to opt-out in favour of homeschooling for special cases […]

10 December 2020

Opinions

Macron’s ‘crusade’ against Islam reveals a dangerous double standard

Alittle magazine on the fringes of the French media mainstream continues to polarise public debate not just in France, but across the Muslim world. Their pitiable cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad have provided fodder to populists on both sides of the divide - first and foremost, French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The former used the heinous terrorist killing of a French schoolteacher to double down […]

9 November 2020

News

‘Hands off our Prophet’, urge local Muslims as row over France continues

By Tasneem Adams Ulema from the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and members of the Muslim community picketed outside the French consul general in the Cape Town CBD on Friday, to protest rising Islamophobia in France. Members of the ulema recited the salawat and held placards expressing their love for the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), whose birth is celebrated this month. French President Emmanuel Macron has angered Muslims globally after he refused […]

30 October 2020

International News

Erdogan: Macron’s remarks on Islam ‘clear provocation’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the French president’s recent claims about Islam amount to a dangerous provocation. “[Emmanuel] Macron's statement on ‘Islam is in crisis’ in a city where Muslims are the majority go beyond disrespect and are a clear provocation,” Erdogan told a gathering of mosque and religious workers in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday. A French president making statements urging the restructuring of Islam […]

7 October 2020

International News

Macron says Islam ‘in crisis’, prompting backlash from Muslims

President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a plan to defend France’s secular values against what he termed as “Islamist radicalism”, saying the religion was “in crisis” all over the world, prompting a backlash from Muslim activists. In a long-awaited address on Friday, Macron insisted “no concessions” would be made in a new drive to push religion out of education and the public sector in France. “Islam is a religion that is […]

3 October 2020

International News

Macron meets Lebanon’s political elite as country marks centenary

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Lebanese politicians that they risked sanctions if they failed to set the nation on a new course within three months, stepping up pressure for reforms in a country collapsing under the weight of an economic crisis. Speaking to reporters in Beirut on Tuesday, Macron said that the coming six weeks were of “vital importance” for the future of Lebanon, reeling from last month's deadly […]

18 September 2020

International News

French reform proposal for Lebanon delves into details

French President Emmanuel Macron, in a visit to Lebanon, has offered to help provide the crisis-hit nation with vital aid if its politicians make good on long-overdue reforms. Speaking at the palatial French ambassador's residence in Beirut from where Greater Lebanon was proclaimed by colonial France 100 years ago, Macron said on Tuesday he would rally international aid at an October donor conference aimed at rebuilding the capital after a […]

3 September 2020

International News

Beirut residents look to Macron for relief after blast

In Beirut on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the scene of the massive explosion that killed at least 137 people and left some 5,000 wounded. As he walked through the historic Gemmayzeh neighbourhood with its century-old buildings - many now destroyed or unsafe - he spoke to the victims and consoled people with frayed nerves. He did this before any local official came there - two days after the […]

7 August 2020

Emmanuel Macron

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