Much of the controversy centers upon Macron’s announcement that France will move to ban homeschooling in 2021, in order “to stifle religious instruction of children.” By all indications, the religion that France seeks to protect children from is Islam. Any measure intended to stymie Islamization will inevitably be denounced as “Islamophobic.” But according to independent school advocate Lionel Devic, “it is clearly established that not a single perpetrator of terrorist attacks in France came from independent schools.” The unfortunate aspect of banning homeschooling in order to stop Islamic “radicalization” is that it punishes every other religion. Homeschooling was never a problem in France, or, in fact, anywhere in the EU. Neither were private schools. These things were no problem, that is, until mass Muslim migration began.
Meanwhile, Macron is right: Islam is obviously in crisis. Kalin is just blaming the messenger.
“Turkey accuses France’s Macron of ‘sowing Islamophobia’,” by Zafer Fatih Beyaz, Anadolu Agency, October 5, 2020:
Turkey on Monday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of “encouraging Islamophobia” with his recent remarks claiming that “Islam is in crisis”.
“The claim by President Macron that ‘Islam is in crisis’ is a dangerous and provocative statement, encouraging Islamophobia and anti-Muslim demagoguery,” presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin wrote on Twitter.
“Making Islam and Muslims a scapegoat for the failures of the French Republic is a far cry from rational policy,” Kalin added.
Last Friday, Macron announced a controversial plan against so-called “Islamist separatism” in the country….