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Indonesia condemns France attacks, but warns against Macron's remarks
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday (Oct 31) condemned what he called "terrorist" attacks in France, but also warned that remarks by President Emmanuel Macron had "insulted Islam" and "hurt the unity of Muslims everywhere".
Conservative Islamic organisations in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, have called for protests and boycotts against France, sharing an image of Macron as a red-eyed devilish snail.
"Freedom of speech that injures the noble purity and sacred values and symbol of religion is so wrong, it shouldn’t be justified and it needs to stop," the Indonesian leader, who is known by his popular name Jokowi, said in a televised address.
He added, however, that "linking religion to acts of terrorism is a massive mistake. Terrorists are terrorists".
Indonesia condemns France attacks, but warns against Macron's remarks

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday (Oct 31) condemned what he called "terrorist" attacks in France, but also warned that remarks by President Emmanuel Macron had "insulted Islam" and "hurt the unity of Muslims everywhere".
Conservative Islamic organisations in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, have called for protests and boycotts against France, sharing an image of Macron as a red-eyed devilish snail.
"Freedom of speech that injures the noble purity and sacred values and symbol of religion is so wrong, it shouldn’t be justified and it needs to stop," the Indonesian leader, who is known by his popular name Jokowi, said in a televised address.
He added, however, that "linking religion to acts of terrorism is a massive mistake. Terrorists are terrorists".