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Source: ancien.eu
The French President Emmanuel Macron signed an open letter, on November 4, sent to the British newspaper leader of economic and financial information, Financial Times. This is the second stage of clarification of the French President, vis-à -vis the Muslim world, following his interview on November 1 with the Al Jazeera channel, TV Breaking News channel, the Arab leader reaching 40 million spectators. The letter, also published in French on the Élysée website, recalls an opinion piece published on November 2 on the Financial Times website, before it was withdrawn because it contained "factual inaccuracies".
The headline was "Macron's war on 'Islamic separatism' only divides France further". After praising the rigor usually accorded to the “Financial Times“, the head of state explained for his part that:-----------------------------------------------------“On the basis of false quotes (confusing 'Islamic separatism' - a term I have never used, and 'Islamist separatism' - which happens to be a reality in my country), I have thus been accused of stigmatizing, for electoral purposes, the French Muslims; worse, to maintain a climate of fear and suspicion towards them “. Emmanuel Macron thus intends to recall “a few simple facts“. We publish the full text of this letter (Translated form French to english version), source of the Elysee, official of the Presidency of the French Republic.
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON TO THE EDITORIAL OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Dear, If, for more than 130 years, the Financial Times has been a leading daily newspaper the world over, it is because it distinguishes itself by publishing articles based on robust facts and informed analyzes. For all of its readers - and I am, inquiring with the FT means having the certainty that you are accessing reliable data, without needing to verify its veracity. No one can therefore imagine that, in these pages, statements made publicly by the head of a UN member state, the G7 could be distorted. Yet this is what happened in an article in your edition yesterday. On the basis of false quotes [confusing "Islamic separatism" - a term I have never used, and "Islamist separatism" - which happens to be a reality in my country,] I have thus been accused of stigmatizing, to for electoral purposes, the French Muslims; worse, to maintain a climate of fear and suspicion towards them. I will not evoke the questionable rigor of an article where the speech of a head of state is placed on the same level as the reported remarks of an anonymous commentator, nor even the ideological underpinnings on which it is based. I just want to remind your readers of some simple facts, tell the situation in my country and what challenges it faces.
For more than five years and the Charlie Hebdo attacks, France has faced a wave of attacks perpetrated, in the name of Islam which they unveil, by terrorists. More than 300 women and men, police officers, soldiers, teachers, journalists, cartoonists, Jews, a priest, young people attending a concert or having a drink on the terrace, children in front of a school, ordinary citizens , were cowardly murdered on our soil. And in recent days, an attack, which fortunately did not claim any victims, has again targeted the premises of Charlie Hebdo; a History-Geography teacher, Samuel PATY, was beheaded; in Nice, two women and a man were murdered in a church. »
