The Archbishop of Toulouse; N0 to insulting Islam

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Th Archbishop of Toulouse, France, Robert Le Gall, declared his rejection of insulting Islam. He stressed the need to respect religions and not to offend them, and said that "freedom of expression has limits."

The Archbishop of Toulouse said, in a statement published in Le Figaro newspaper,"It is not possible to allow mockery of religions (because we) see the results," referring to the incident that killed 3 people in front of a church in Nice.

The archbishop added, "Sometimes we put oil on the fire, through Charlie Hebdo cartoons," calling for desist from that "because these cartoons are against Muslims, but they are also against the Christian religion," as he put it.

He also called for stopping the publication and distribution of these cartoons in schools in particular, saying: "I think we see the consequences, pouring fuel on the fire ... Freedom of expression has limits like all human freedoms."

He stressed that “it is better to defend the values ​​of the republic, and for brotherhood,” adding that it is necessary to defend “the freedom to be together, to talk together, and to be brothers together.” But not to insult each other ”.