Indonesia Condemns France Attacks, but Warns against Macron\'s Remarks
Indonesian president Joko Widodo 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".
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (fifth from left), flanked by Indonesian Vice President Ma\'ruf Amin (sixth from left), religious leaders and Cabinet ministers, on October 31, 2020 "strongly condemned" terrorist attacks in French and French President Emmanuel Macron\'s defence of the right to publish cartoons seen as offensive to Islam.
JAKARTA, Oct 31 -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Paris and Nice and comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that were deemed offensive toward Islam and the global Muslim community.
Widodo, the leader of the world’s most populous Muslim nation, told a televised news conference from the presidential palace in the capital, Jakarta, that his government strongly condemns the recent vigilantism in France against a teacher who was beheaded near Paris and a knife attack at a church in Nice that killed three people.