French President Emmanuel Macron said that Islam is struggling with fundamentalism worldwide, not just in his country. He laid out measures to uphold the principles of secularism as the “cement” of France.
Speaking in Les Mureaux, a suburb of Paris, Macron said that authorities must step up the fight against radical Islamism, which “often leads to the creation of a counter-society” within a state. He warned, however, that one must not fall “into a trap” of stigmatizing all Muslims.
Macron explained that the “deep crisis is caused by the tensions between fundamentalism, its religious and political projects that… lead to very strong radicalization.”
The president went on to say that by allowing the “ghettoization” in Muslim neighborhoods “we have built our own separatism.”
“We have concentrated populations according to their origins, [while]not creating enough diversity, enough economic and social mobility,” Macron said, calling for “Islam in France to be freed from foreign influence.”
Among the measures to combat radical groups, Macron said that the government would present a bill in December to strengthen a landmark 1905 law that officially separated church and state in France. He said that the display of religion will continue to be outlawed in school and public service.
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