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Is France “Fighting Islamist Separatism” or Silencing Islam?

Tensions are rising between France and the Muslim world after President Emmanuel Macron expressed his plans to fight “Islamist Separatism” in early October.   Macron believes Islamic Separatism is a threat to France’s values of keeping the state and religion apart. This is not a first, France has previously domineered freedom of religious expressions for Muslims…

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This Is Why Muslim-Majority Countries Have Been Boycotting French Products

The hashtag #BoycottFrenchproducts and #BoycottFrance have been trending recently in many Muslim-majority and Arab countries across the world. The worldwide anger from Muslims comes following claims by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, where he defended the infamous cartoons that are offensive and insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. After backlash happened in France over the murder…