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On the front page of the press, the appearance in court on Wednesday of Salah Abdeslam, the sole survivor of the November 13th commandos.
The one that the press presents as "the main protagonist" of this mega-trial, appeared before the judges by pronouncing the shahada, the profession of faith of Islam: "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet ". "I am a fighter of the Islamic State", continued Salah Abdeslam, whose remarks "froze the audience", according to
Le Parisien / Today in France
, which speaks of "provocations". "Provocations", repeats
Le Soir
. The Belgian daily also reports on the accused's complaints: "I've been treated like a dog for six years," Abdeslam complained about his detention. Salah Abdeslam, convinced of having to answer only to God,walled up in his religious convictions - to see also this drawing by Chappatte, for
The Chained Duck
: "I do not speak to women," said the jihadist, facing a statue of a woman symbolizing justice.
Women, also in the sights of the Taliban, the new masters of Afghanistan.
According to the Emirati newspaper
The National
, the Islamist movement on Wednesday again suppressed rallies against the new interim government, which is made up exclusively of the Taliban, and has no women - an executive who therefore has nothing to do with it. "inclusive", contrary to their commitment.
In Kabul, the capital, the special envoy of
Le Figaro
tells how the new masters of the country gradually impose their very strict application of Sharia, Islamic norms: more sports for women, more barbers, more fashion shops. "Non-religious music, movies, video games. All that is banned by our religion. Singing is prohibited. Anything that does not celebrate religion must be banned," said a member of the Taliban "cultural" commission. "The Taliban are showing what they mean by 'inclusive': the time for American magical thinking is over," writes
The Washington Post
. For the daily, the United States must now be "realist" and take into account that "the Taliban 2.0 have so far failed to provide evidence that they have changed from the lawless group who ruled Afghanistan so disastrously between 1996 and 2001 ”.
The United States, which is preparing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In another drawing, published by
The Boston Globe
, Chappatte sums up the twenty years that have just passed. The attacks on the World Trade Center towers, he recalls, had provoked the American intervention in Afghanistan, from which the United States withdrew twenty years later, leaving behind a desolation similar to that which had caused the attacks of 2001.
In the United States, again, the State of Virginia debunked on Wednesday a gigantic statue of General Lee, the former commander of the southerners during the Civil War. After having sat enthroned on its pedestal for more than 130 years, the equestrian statue was lowered by a crane in Richmond - a very symbolic event, according to
The Wall Street Journal
, which recalls the tensions, in recent years, around the monuments of the slavery past of the United States, especially since the death of George Floyd, this African American killed by a white policeman in May 2020. "Our culture is destroyed, and our history and our heritage, whether good or bad, are being destroyed by the radical left ", reacted former President Trump to this debunking, applauded, on the other hand, by De Adder,whose drawing is published by
The
Washington Post
.
For the designer, the work will finally be in its place, in the dungeons, or rather, the toilets of History.
In Canada, nearly 5,000 books were destroyed in the state of Ontario in a gesture of "reconciliation" with the indigenous populations.
According to
Radio-Canada
, albums of Tintin and Asterix, in particular, would have been withdrawn from the shelves of libraries by a school commission, because of their portraits considered harmful of the natives. Some facts go back to 2019, when this commission would even have carried out a "ceremony of purification by the flame" perpetrated for an "educational purpose". Asked to respond, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau explained that he was "never okay with burning books", while declaring that it was not for him to say "to the natives" "how they should feel or how they should act to advance reconciliation".
Before I say see you soon, I suggest you take a look at
Slate
, who is tackling a much less controversial subject. Although, you never know: but why the hell is Superman wearing his panties over his leotard? Quite simply, because it was fashionable at the time it was born, in the 1930s, among athletes and circus artists, but also because at that time, printing techniques were not not as efficient as it is today, and that underwear then appeared as an effective way to make superheroes stand out in the little boxes of comics, the "comics". Clearly visible red briefs, perfectly fitted tights, and here is Superman ready to save the world in his briefs.
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