Charlie Hebdo Prophet Drawings

Charlie hebdo has responded in its latest issue by republishing a dozen of the mocking drawings which depict the prophet.

Charlie hebdo prophet drawings. 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. Within its pages the magazine published 12 cartoons of the prophet muhammad bringing unprecedented condemnation from the muslim world. With its particularly raunchy cartoons about the prophet the publication had miffed islamists in the past as well. Pakistan s foreign ministry also condemned the move and tweeted pakistan condemns in the strongest terms the decision by the french magazine charlie hebdo to re publish.

The french satirical paper charlie hebdo reprinted the provocative cartoons of the prophet mohammad that were cited as the reason for a deadly attack on its headquarters in 2015. Centre page on the cover is a cartoon of the prophet drawn by jean cabut. The 2015 attack was the deadliest but not the first one on charlie hebdo. Turkey on wednesday denounced the french satirical weekly charlie hebdo s decision to reprint cartoons of the prophet mohammed and condemned french president emmanuel macron s unacceptable.

In 2007 a french court rejected accusations by islamic groups that charlie hebdo incited hatred against muslims. Charlie hebdo s offices were firebombed in november 2011 an attack that came after the magazine announced a special edition called charia hebdo with the prophet muhammad depicted as a guest editor. The french satirical newspaper charlie hebdo is to republish controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad to mark the start of a trial of suspected accomplices of terrorist gunmen who attacked.