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French Muslims must be pretty flattered that in a middle of global pandemic and even a European Council, Emmanuel Macron has taken the time out to tell them all how they should stop becoming Islamist separatists.
Macron says "Islam is a religion which is experiencing a crisis throughout the world". I'm waiting for him to call us a brain-dead #Separatisme
There doesn't seem to be much behind Macron's anti-separatism bill which makes his decision to stand up and make the country's Muslims a target a suspicion for their everyday activity (school, work) an even more cycnical and desperate attempt to court the far-right
The Fifth Republic is so fragile that it's coming under threat from "denominational menus". God forbid what civil war may erupt when Macron finds out about veganism https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/menus-confessionnels-creneaux-de-piscine-reserves-les-prefets-pourront-se-substituer-aux-maires_AN-202010020169.html
Macron wants to centralise Islam with state approved imams, institutions, and texts. If he succeeds, it would make France the rightful heir to the Ottoman Empire and the first Caliphate in western Europe. He will succeed where the Muslim Brotherhood failed. I'm living for it tbh
Unsure how to judge Macron's choice "separatism" because I fear he's actually too stupid to understand that it is a distinct echoing of "fifth columnist" tropes that extreme right and increasingly mainstream attach to Muslims in Europe (disloyal, split allegiances).
Open letter from 100 French Muslims in civil society calling on Macron gov to stop stigmatisation of everyday lives of Muslims - particularly women & working classes - a go-to tactic of French politicians - left and right - when they want to win elections https://blogs.mediapart.fr/les-invites-de-mediapart/blog/031020/separatisme-100-voix-musulmanes-disent-stop
Macron ramping up anti-Muslim racism for his electoral campaign but his hostile environment policy doesn't come out of thin air. Derives from engrained institutional view that sees"separatism" everywhere - from Arabic to halal food https://orientxxi.info/magazine/separatisme-mettre-au-pas-l-islam-et-les-musulmans-de-france,4173
Thought experiment: if same speech was made by Fillon or Sarko, "pro-EU" liberals in Brussels would be condemning the centre for aping nativists for votes. But Macron is met with a complicit silent and even apologists who praise his "enlightened bravery"
Not hugely surprising that Brussels Macromaniacs silent on hostile environment policy - which disproportionately aimed at working class communities and Muslim women both of whom are of course not as important as Macron's support for Conference of Europe or "strategic autonomy"
