France demands Pakistan rectifies Macron Nazi jibe

The French Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the “detestable and false” remarks by a Pakistani minister about President Emmanuel Macron and his relations with the Muslim population in France.

Pakistani Minister of Human Rights Shireen Mazari asserted that “Macron does to Muslims what the Nazis inflicted on Jews”, claiming that “Muslim children will have to have an identification number, as Jews were forced to wear the yellow star on their clothes to be identified".

“A member of the Pakistani government spoke today on social networks in terms that are deeply shocking and insulting to the President of the Republic and our country”, according to a French government statement on Saturday.


“Pakistan must rectify these remarks and find the path of a dialogue based on respect”, insisted the spokesperson for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Several thousands recently demonstrated in Islamabad to protest against Macron’s statements defending the right to cartoon in the name of freedom of expression, during the tribute to a teacher killed after showing such drawings to his class.