Charlie Hebdo Cartoon Islam Prophet
The french magazine charlie hebdo whose offices were stormed by islamist gunmen in 2015 because it had previously published cartoons of the prophet muhammad has announced it will republish the same cartoons to mark the start of the terror trial stemming from that day.
Charlie hebdo cartoon islam prophet. Tehran leader of the islamic revolution ayatollah ali khamenei has condemned the republication of cartoons insulting the holy prophet of islam pbuh by the french satirical magazine charlie hebdo saying the move once again exposed the enmity of the political cultural centers of the western world toward islam. The observatory s statement came hours after charlie hebdo republished the offensive cartoons of the prophet which made them the target of a january 2015 deadly terror attack by islamist gunmen that left 12 people killed and 11 injured including famous cartoonists. We will never lie down. Iran s art bureau has decided to organize an international cartoon exhibition on the holocaust in response to the hebdo s republication of cartoons.
French satirical magazine charlie hebdo which was targeted by jihadists in 2015 is to republish the controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad ahead of the trial of the gunmen this week. Tehran has strongly condemned charlie hebdo saying any insult to the prophet of islam and other divine prophets is not acceptable at all. Charlie hebdo s website was hacked following a 2011 cartoon depicting the prophet muhammad as gay. Iran has condemned french magazine charlie hebdo s decision to republish the cartoons of the prophet mohammed on the eve of trial of alleged accomplices in the 2015 attack on satirical magazine s office by islamist terrorists that claimed 12 lives.
Home grown militants said and cherif kouachi stormed charlie hebdo s offices in paris spraying gunfire on january 7 2015 nearly a decade after the weekly published cartoons mocking the prophet. In a more recent issue the magazine published a cartoon depicting a member of the islamic state group beheading muhammad. For muslims any depiction of the prophet is blasphemous. The weekly received backlash again in 2012 after publishing a cartoon criticizing religious muslims and jews.