{"id":36794,"date":"2020-10-27T14:41:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36794"},"modified":"2020-10-27T14:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T14:41:18","slug":"saudi-iran-pakistan-condemn-alleged-attempt-by-macron-to-link-islam-with-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=36794","title":{"rendered":"Saudi, Iran, Pakistan condemn alleged attempt by Macron to \u2018link Islam with terrorism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Saudi-crown-prince-Mohammed-bin-Salman1-1.jpg\" alt=\"KHASHOGGI: G20 leaders likely to avoid shaking hands with Saudi Crown Prince\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said it \u201crejects any attempt to link Islam with terrorism, and condemns the offensive cartoons of the Prophet\u201d amid an escalating row between France and some Muslim-majority nations over Paris\u2019s support for the right to caricature the Prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also called for \u201cintellectual and cultural freedom to be a beacon of respect, tolerance and peace that rejects practices and acts which generate hatred, violence and extremism and are contrary to the values of coexistence,\u201d a Saudi foreign ministry official told state media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/saudi-arabia-sentences-1-to-death-7-others-to-prison-on-treason-charges\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u00a0also said that Riyadh condemned all acts of terrorism regardless of the perpetrators, in an apparent reference to the beheading of a teacher in Paris this month by a Muslim man angered by the use of caricatures of the Prophet in a class on free speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter: \u201cMuslims are the primary victims of the \u2018cult of hatred\u2019 \u2013 empowered by colonial regimes &amp; exported by their own clients. Insulting 1.9B Muslims- &amp; their sanctities \u2013 for the abhorrent crimes of such extremists is an opportunistic abuse of freedom of speech. It only fuels extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan\u2018s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the French ambassador in Islamabad to complain about Macron\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe seeds of hate that are being cultivated today will polarise the society and have serious consequences,\u201d Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/10\/27\/saudi-arabia-condemns-prophets-cartoons-ami-france-turkey-row\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French President, Emmanuel Macron had earlier pledged to fight \u201cIslamist separatism\u201d, which he said was threatening to take control in some Muslim communities around France, drawing sharp rebuke Muslim nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said it \u201crejects any attempt to link Islam with terrorism, and condemns the offensive cartoons of the Prophet\u201d amid an escalating row between France and some Muslim-majority nations over Paris\u2019s support for the right to caricature the Prophet. 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