Charlie Hebdo New Cartoons On Prophet Muhammad
Within its pages the magazine published 12 cartoons of the prophet muhammad bringing unprecedented condemnation from the muslim world.
Charlie hebdo new cartoons on prophet muhammad. French satirical weekly charlie hebdo the target of a massacre by islamist gunmen in 2015 said tuesday it was republishing hugely controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad to mark the start of the trial this week of alleged accomplices in the attack. Paris the french satirical magazine charlie hebdo has republished the same cartoons about the prophet muhammad and islam that prompted a deadly attack on the magazine in 2015 an act that will. The french satirical magazine carried the. The republication was criticised by french president jacques chirac who said that it was an.
The current director of france s charlie hebdo satirical weekly the target of a massacre by islamist gunmen in jan 2015 on wednesday said the magazine had nothing to regret for publishing cartoons of the prophet muhammad that angered muslims around the world. Charlie hebdo gained notoriety in 2006 for its portrayal of a sobbing muhammad under the headline mahomet débordé par les intégristes muhammad overwhelmed by fundamentalists. Charlie hebdo has republished cartoons mocking prophet muhammad on the eve of a criminal trial into the deadly al qaeda attack on its paris offices. Among the cartoons most of which were first published by a danish newspaper in 2005 then by charlie hebdo a year later is one of muhammad wearing a bomb shaped turban with a lit fuse protruding.
In 2007 a french court rejected accusations by islamic groups that charlie hebdo incited hatred against muslims. Centre page on the cover is a cartoon of the prophet drawn by jean cabut. Charlie hebdo has responded in its latest issue by republishing a dozen of the mocking drawings which depict the prophet. In 2006 the magazine reprinted controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad which first appeared in the danish newspaper jyllands posten in 2005.