(AFP) The US envoy on international religious freedom on Tuesday voiced concern about France, warning against “heavy-handed” measures as President Emmanuel Macron targets radical Islam.
“I am concerned, obviously, for what’s happening in France,” Ambassador Sam Brownback told reporters when asked about Macron’s initiative.
“I think there can be constructive engagements that I think can be helpful and not harmful.
“When you get heavy-handed, the situation can get worse.”
Macron has ordered a crackdown on extremism amid shock in France over the October 16 beheading of a teacher who showed pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and the stabbing to death of three people in a church in Nice on October 29.
