Someone made a similar thread in the Iranian section, and this is what I posted there,
An Iranian official, due to his beliefs, doesn't want to attend a certain dinner. He isn't saying that France should be bombed or that he wants to cut all ties with France.
It's like if someone asks you to a private party, and they say, "We're going to drink, dance, and do cocaine", and you say, "well, I don't have a problem with the first two, but I'm not comfortable going to a party where cocaine is being used, so I will respectfully refuse". Is that strange? No, you aren't asking THEM to not do drugs, but maybe because of your own personal principles, you don't want to attend a party where drugs are being used.
People from the west talk about tolerance & understanding, but you guys only see things from your own view point.