Here is an excellent riposte to some of the wilful or ignorant nonsense from people who should no better accusing Macron of being anti muslim or playing the anti muslim card. Op-ed by a dozen or French muslim leaders praising Macron's approach. https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/10/31/il-faut-cesser-le-boycott-de-la-france_6058042_3232.html

Can't translate the whole thing but it points out that Macron's speech early last month on combating extremist islamist separatism was in no way an attack on Islam.

Here are two extracts translated into English (courtesy of Google Translate.) Will post the whole thing in English if someone can tell me how to link to large chunks of text on Twitter...

"Who could reasonably say that France mistreats its citizens of Muslim faith? No one, except perhaps those who would like to instill the seeds of discord within the French national community."

"More than ever, concord and unity must prevail within the French national community, which is currently the victim of a series of unspeakable attacks that are plaguing us all. We Muslims in France and other Mediterranean countries call for calm and reason."

Some more extracts...on Macron's speech on 2 October (ie two weeks before the heading of the teacher Samuel Paty) in which he spoke of combatting Islamist "separatism" and encouraging independent, non-radical structures for Islam in France....

"Contrary to what has been said here and there, at no time does the speech claim to reform or modify Islam. The President of the French Republic is respectful of each religion."

"And it respects a French tradition, established by a law of 1905: the separation of the Church, the churches, and the State. The French state does not intervene in the life of churches, in any of them."

"In this speech of October 2, President Macron reaffirmed a number of measures of public order and public service neutrality and clarified provisions relating to the law of associations and schools, pillars and crucible of our French republican pact."

"Also, and above all, he insisted on the need to build an Islam in France, the Islam of the Enlightenment, free from foreign influences, structured and transparent in its funding, and fully integrating the cultural part of Islam-civilization, without encroaching on it. "

"... Macron wanted to recall that all French people are members of the French Republic, in particular its most disadvantaged children or those in financial, social or cultural insecurity. He reminded everyone that racism, discrimination and separation have no place in France."

"We, intellectuals committed to a desire for concord at the international level, have chosen to support such ideas testifying to a universal ideal, and of which Islam-civilization is one of the expressions."

Signatories 1: Farid Abdelkrim, auteur et comédien ; Mohamed Bajrafil, islamologue et essayiste ; Sadek Beloucif, président de l’association L’Islam au XXIe siècle ; Chems-eddine Hafiz, recteur de la Grande Mosquée de Paris ; Eva Janadin, déléguée générale L’Islam au XXIe siècle;

More signatories...
; Hakim El Karoui, fondateur de l’Association musulmane pour l’Islam de France ; Khaldoun Nabwani, philosophe ; Tareq Oubrou, grand imam de Bordeaux ; Hachem Saleh, écrivain ; Youssef Seddik, philosophe, anthropologue des textes sacrés.