On the eve of the trial of the January 2015 attacks, “Charlie Hebdo” decided to republish the cartoons of Muhammad who had made him a target of jihadists.

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Charlie Hebdo

The BFMTV channel took up the cause for "freedom of expression" and broadcast caricatures of Muhammad after the assassination of Professor Samuel Paty, who had lectured on such drawings.

In a message broadcast on its antenna and website, the channel showed images of demonstrating support for Samuel Paty, followed by the cartoon "Love stronger than hate", depicting a Muslim greedily kissing a journalist from the weekly.

There follows a drawing of Muhammad asserting "I am Jewish" with the commentary "Stop messing around on Muhammad", a drawing of three members of

Charlie Hebdo

, who died in 2015, and a filmed class.

"BFMTV defends freedom of expression, those who practice it, those who publish it and those who explain it in class" claims the video.

Portrait of Samuel Paty

"BFMTV defends the right to criticize religions, all religions", continues the spot, while we see a drawing of Muhammad hiding his eyes, with the comment "It's hard to be loved by idiots", then another even more directly critical: "To toilets all religions", showing rolls of toilet paper representing the Bible, the Koran and the Torah.

BFMTV's short film ends with a portrait of Samuel Paty and footage of a protester after the

Charlie Hebdo

bombing

in January 2015.

Muhammad with a yellow star in his buttocks

In addition to BFMTV, the newspaper

Le Figaro

published caricatures of Mohammed in its October 19 edition, after having already published the front page of the special trial issue of the terrorist attacks of January 7, 8 and 9, 2015 of

Charlie Hebdo

.

This is the front page of the weekly magazine “Everything is forgiven”, as well as the one used by Professor Samuel Paty, representing Muhammad with a star instead of the anus.

Le

Journal du dimanche

also chose to publish this latest cartoon in its latest edition.

Article from Figaro with the reproduction of two caricatures of Muhammad - Capture

JDD article with the reproduction of a caricature of Muhammad - Capture

It is important to explain, however, the context of this drawing, published in 2012, in the context of the controversy surrounding the film

The Innocence of Muslims

, an anti-Islam rash, and in the opinion of unanimous criticism a turnip, which sparked attacks on American diplomatic missions and killed four, including the American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens.

The

Charlie Hebdo

drawing

wanted to denounce this violence by showing Muhammad as a movie “star”, parodying a scene from Godard's Contempt and this cult replica of Brigitte Bardot: “Do you like my buttocks?

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