DDHK News, France - The legend of the English football club Manchester United (MU), Eric Cantona, defended the world's Muslims regarding the tragedy of the attack on the Charlie Hebdo Magazine office. According to him, what is happening now is not a reason to attack Islam.
Cantona emphasized that fanaticism is everywhere, but only in a few people.
“The rest are Catholics, Buddhists and ordinary Muslims. I think it's very important to look at it from a historical perspective. It is very important to remember that all that has happened is done by a terrorist group that is not Islamic, ”Cantona was quoted as saying dailyterbit.com from Euronews.
Even so, he admitted that he was very surprised by the attack. However, he said that this is not the first time there has been an attack on freedom of expression.
Cantona gave an example of the Saint Michel Cinema which was burned down in October 1988. The reason was that the cinema played the film "The Last Temptation of Christ". The attackers were from a Catholic group.
"40 people were injured, four victims suffered serious injuries, and it was a criminal attack, the aim was to burn 50 people alive," said the owner's full name. Eric Daniel Pierre Cantonaton this.
The legend of MU, who is now an actor and director of this film, argues that we should not only be fixated on current events and issues.
He emphasized that everyone should learn from the past about the same incident that extremists are part of a minority who do not have the same beliefs as the majority beliefs.
“I believe Muslims today are uncomfortable and they are ashamed of what happened. It's important to say that a Muslim is moderate if he is just a citizen like you and me. What does "moderate" really mean? Does that mean that Islam is an extremist religion? This is a latent provocation, you see? And this is very dangerous, "said Cantona, who played brilliantly at Manchester United in the 1992-1997 Premier League season. (mel /€ news/localhost/project/personal/ddhongkong.org/ddhongkong.org).*
