Indonesian V-P Ma'ruf, Muslim politicians unhappy with Macron's comments

The Vice-President regrets the statement made by President Macron that generalises all Muslims. -ST/ANN

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesian Vice-President Ma'ruf Amin has expressed concern over the perpetuation of an Islamophobic narrative that challenges the promotion of moderate Islam, a spokesman said on Tuesday (Oct 27), in response to French President Emmanuel Macron's recent denunciation of radical Islamists.

"The Vice-President regrets the statement made by President Macron that generalises that all Muslims (are alike), without examining the different teachings or whether those who interpret Islam may be in the wrong," Ma'ruf's spokesperson Masduki Baidlowi told The Jakarta Post.