The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo resumed publishing cartoons ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, which had sparked a wave of anger years ago in the Islamic world. January 2015, killing 17 people, including the attackers.
Among the cartoons that a Danish newspaper published most of in 2005 and then "Charlie Hebdo" published again a year later, a drawing depicting the Prophet of Islam wearing a turban in the form of a bomb, from which the ignition fuse hangs.
After the publication of the offensive cartoons 5 years ago, countries, organizations and personalities from Arab and Islamic countries condemned what the French magazine did, considering that this could create a wave of terrorism.
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"We will never bend. We will not give up," the magazine's editor-in-chief, Laurent Sorriso, wrote in an article accompanying the cartoon to be featured on the magazine's cover today.
In a blatant challenge to the feelings of 1.8 billion Muslims, about a quarter of humanity from the world's population - Charlie Hebdo magazine will republish an official cartoon - mocking the
Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace. In person, Macron commented: This is freedom of expression!
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- Abdullah Al Shayji (@docshayji) September 1, 2020
Twelve of them were killed, some of the most famous "Charlie Hebdo" painters, when Said and Sherif Kouachi stormed the magazine's headquarters in Paris, and rained down on the building with bullets from their automatic rifles.
In separate confrontations, the police killed the two brothers, Sharif and Saeed, and a third gunman killed 5 people in the 48 hours following the attack on the magazine. Today, the trial of 14 of the alleged accomplices of the attackers begins.
In the past, Muslims said that the turban of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, was drawn in the form of a bomb and labeled all Muslims with terrorism.
# Pakistan condemns in the strongest terms the decision of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo to re-publish cartoons that are deeply offensive to the noble Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace).
Such a deliberate act that offends the feelings of billions of Muslims cannot be justified as an exercise in freedom of the press or freedom of expression.
- Musawar Tanoli (@ MusawarTanoli2) September 1, 2020
In 2007, a French court rejected the claim of some Islamic organizations that the magazine's publication of the offensive cartoons incited hatred of Muslims.
In a related context, French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that he is not in a position to pass judgment on the decision of "Charlie Hebdo" magazine to republish a drawing mocking the Holy Prophet, adding that France enjoys freedom of expression, but Macron said during a visit to Lebanon that citizens should The French show civility and respect for one another and avoid "hate dialogue".