He added in statements to the episode (6/10/2020) of the "The Opposite Direction" program that Macron's recent statements regarding Islam if they were from a Christian point of view, then they are considered a crusade against Islam, and if it is from a secular standpoint then it is racist, and in both cases he has no right to talk about Islam this way.
It is noteworthy that the French President said in a speech last Friday that Islam is experiencing a crisis everywhere in the world today, and France must confront what he described as Islamic isolationism that seeks to establish a parallel system and deny the French Republic. This comes at a time when Macron is preparing to put forward a bill against "emotional separation." "With the aim of" combating those who employ religion to question the values of the Republic.
In turn, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly criticized Macron's statements, and said that he is trying to cover up the crisis in France by saying that Islam is in crisis.
Erdogan added that the French president's talk about reshaping Islam is rude, and indicates that he does not know its borders.
Hawass added that Muslims did not boast about killing Christians as Macron's ancestors did, and Christianity with all its sects is full of killing and slaughtering according to its texts, and this matter does not exist in Islam.
He emphasized that accusing Islam of fundamentalism is not true, because fundamentalism appeared in Christianity, and in Islam they are described as extremists, and they are the ones who made America and France at the present time.
On the other hand, the President of the Middle East Forum, Majdi Khalil, praised what he described as frankly Macron, and thanked the US President Donald Trump, who has been working since taking power to strike Islamic terrorism in all countries of the world.
He added that the French president does not mean by his speech Islam as a belief and worship, but rather about international Islam, Islamic terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism, and it is a talk about Islamic extremism and not about Islam, and the name Islamic State came to swallow Islam itself.
He added that many have talked about the need to reform Islam after the attacks of September 11, 2001, which showed that Islam is a bloody religion, and it is the only religion that accuses others of infidelity as a prelude to the sacrifice of their blood, and we must work to reform this religion.