Islamabad, Oct. 25 (Online): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday denounced what he called was encouragement of Islamophobia by French President Emmanuel Macron, saying the European leader had chosen to deliberately provoke Muslims, including his own citizens.
In a series of tweets, the premier said that the sign of a leader was that he united people, like former South African president Nelson Mandela. “This is a time when President Macron could have put a healing touch and denied space to extremists rather than creating further polarisation and marginalisation that inevitably leads to radicalisation,” he said.
The premier regretted that the French president had instead chosen to encourage Islamophobia by attacking Islam rather than the terrorists who carry out violence, be it Muslims, White Supremacists or Nazi ideologists.
