Uh, last time I checked Macron did not set-up concentration camps for the french muslims.

Macron is trying to incorporate French Islam into French society. His tactics may be good or bad, I'm not qualified to say, but he certainly is not trying to eradicate a population or its culture, and he is not rounding up religious minorities into concentration camps. Whataboutism only works when the crimes are on vaguely the same scale; this is like comparing bank robbery to music piracy.

> There is no such thing as "French Islam".

I find it quite hard to believe that there is not any degree of distinct Islamic culture that has developed in France (both in the sense of present France and the broader sense of historical French territory) under the influence on broader French culture.

And by “hard to believe”, I mean entirely implausible.

> There is no such thing as "French Islam"

This is also the literal mantra of ISIS. "Muslims will always be the 'other' in Europe, and we need to make sure they aren't even integrated."

In that way the far right and militant islam are on the same page. Neither wants a successful integration.

> In that way the far right and militant islam are on the same page.

An observation which tangentially reminds me of: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/24/malcolm-x-...

I am not well-versed in the details of Macron is doing regards Islam in France, but I am certain that he is not committing genocide, which is what the CCP is doing, and what the OP is defending. Like arguing that the Nazis were doing the jews a favour with the holocaust. Beyond, beyond, beyond ludicrous. I don't even know where to begin with the idea that the victims of genocide benefit in any way from said genocide.

> genocide

Where in this article do you read anything that points to a genocide?

“I want to make it clear that this Uighur genocide is not just [about] religion ... it’s a test for humanity, for the whole world.”