What's the difference between a macaron and Macron?
This macaron is for one consistent
whereby both faces are the same.
While president Macron on the other hand is completely inconsistent
and holds many different contradictory faces.
For long Macron has positioned himself as the face of freedom of speech.
He has aggressively defended the right to insult the sacred symbols of Muslims
and even allowed for such insults to be projected onto government buildings.
Yet when it comes to insults hurled against his leadership and his country,
Mr Macron has a very different face.
For example, following president Erdogan's suggestion
that Macron needed mental treatment for his harsh behavior towards Muslims,
the French president's office quickly censured him for his unacceptable comments
and immediately withdrew their ambassador from Turkey.
Stating that rudeness and insults would not be tolerated
and that such commentary was dangerous.
Clearly Macron's belief in freedom to insult isn't so free after all.
But of course his hypocrisy isn't new.
It was only recently in Beirut where he was again exposed for his hypocrisy
after he refused to condemn cartoons denigrating the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
He claimed that the president of the French republic should never have the right to comment
on any editorial choice by a journalist.
Yet only moments later he was caught heavily rebuking a French journalist
for reporting on his sketchy meetings with Hezbollah.
The hypocrisy is blatant and something that is even entrenched in France's own laws.
For instance, France considers it a crime to denigrate the French flag in a public place
and anyone caught trying to destroy, damage or use the flag in a degrading manner,
would be subject to a hefty fine.
Clearly, France considers some symbols more sacred than others.
Yet to France freedom of speech is nothing more than a political tool
that is yielded selectively, at times it's imposed to denigrate
and marginalize religious minorities and at other times it's withheld
to protect the nation's secular authority.
While those who openly denigrate the sacred symbols of religious people
are given free reign to do as they please,
we find that France's Muslim population and those critical of the French authority
are not afforded the same freedom.
French mosques and Islamic schools are regularly shut down.
Human rights activists who speak out against Islamophobia
are subjected to assault by French authorities.
Even charity workers in the Muslim sector are constantly monitored and even imprisoned
for shedding light on government abuse.
And of course French laws constantly dictate what Muslim women can and can't wear.
Does France's Muslim population not deserve the same right of freedom of speech as everyone else?
Clearly not.
This application of freedom of speech is nothing for France to boast about.
Nor is it anything a society should to adopt.
The right to insult and mock religious people
will not lead to the advancement of society nor its liberation.
Rather it will only hasten society's decline and debasement.
It threatens social cohesion and further bridges that divide between people.
In 2019 a French report noted 1,043 islamophobic incidents occurred, that's a 77% increase since 2017.
This will of course only continue to worsen as France's leadership continues
to defend the right to insult and abuse that which is sacred to religious people.
It's no surprise that it was only last week that two Muslim women were stabbed
under the French symbol of liberty, the Eiffel Tower, as the attacker shouted, "Dirty arabs"
Free speech simply does not exist in absolute form.
And no society will function effectively if it attempts to do so.
Societies across the world have laws to limit speech harming religious minorities
and France should be no exception.
Yet despite this,
Muslims are still required to tolerate and even celebrate the freedom of others
to insult the dearest man to their hearts – Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
Lastly, let it be known to France's leadership and Mr Macron.
We see right through your hypocrisy.
And every reasonable person of sound mind and intellect can see it too.
The hypocrisy is shameful and embarrassing
and quite frankly nothing more than a smoke screen to hide all the governmental failures,
your leadership has suffered.
So maybe take a lesson or two from the macaron,
lose the contradictory faces
and be consistent.
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