[[{"content_id":347424,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Insulting Muslims is an abuse of free speech, Zarif says","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"Iran’s foreign minister: Insulting Muslims is an “opportunistic” abuse of free speech.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"Insulting Muslims is an “opportunistic” abuse of free speech, Iran’s foreign minister said on Monday, in an apparent reference to remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron perceived to be critical of Islam.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“Muslims are the primary victims of the ‘cult of hatred’,” the minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, tweeted, without directly addressing Macron.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“Insulting 1.9B Muslims—& their sanctities—for the abhorrent crimes of such extremists is an opportunistic abuse of freedom of speech. It only fuels extremism,” he added.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMacron, who led a tribute to a history teacher beheaded this month by a Chechen teenager for showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in class, declared war on “Islamist separatism”, which he believes is taking over some Muslim communities in France.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSeveral Iranian officials and politicians, including the heads of parliament and the judiciary, have condemned Macron for “Islamophobia”.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAli Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said Macron’s “irrational behaviour” displayed his “crudeness in politics”.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“Otherwise he would not have dared to embrace Islam in his quest for leadership in #Europe,” tweeted Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National security Council.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“I suggest that he read more history and not rejoice in the support of a declining America & #Zionism.”","content_html":"

Insulting Muslims is an “opportunistic” abuse of free speech, Iran’s foreign minister said on Monday, in an apparent reference to remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron perceived to be critical of Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Muslims are the primary victims of the ‘cult of hatred’,” the minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, tweeted, without directly addressing Macron.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Insulting 1.9B Muslims—& their sanctities—for the abhorrent crimes of such extremists is an opportunistic abuse of freedom of speech. It only fuels extremism,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Macron, who led a tribute to a history teacher beheaded this month by a Chechen teenager for showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in class, declared war on “Islamist separatism”, which he believes is taking over some Muslim communities in France.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Several Iranian officials and politicians, including the heads of parliament and the judiciary, have condemned Macron for “Islamophobia”.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said Macron’s “irrational behaviour” displayed his “crudeness in politics”.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Otherwise he would not have dared to embrace Islam in his quest for leadership in #Europe,” tweeted Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National security Council.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“I suggest that he read more history and not rejoice in the support of a declining America & #Zionism.”<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2020-10-27 11:22:36","content_date_event":"2020-10-27 11:22:36","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2020-10-27 11:31:33","content_date_register":"2020-10-27 11:25:02","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":43,"eid":43,"attach_title":"Zarif","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202010\/480148_1420789826_150_84.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202010\/480148_1420789826_212_119.jpg","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202010\/480148_1420789826_212_119.jpg","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202010\/480148_1420789826_212_119.jpg","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202010\/480148_1420789826_212_119.jpg","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202010\/480148_1420789826_212_119.jpg"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":1420789826,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202010\/480148_1420789826.jpg","width":212,"height":119,"size":0}}}]}]]