• French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo attacked in Paris due to Mohammed Cartoon
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November 2 "Video in Link". [quote] [B]The offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris have been destroyed in a petrol bomb attack.[/B]It comes a day after the publication named the Prophet Muhammad as its "editor-in-chief" for its next issue. The cover of the magazine carried a caricature of the Prophet making a facetious comment. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has described the petrol-bombing as an unjustifable attack on the freedom of the press. An unmissable staple of newspaper kiosks and railway station booksellers” Hugh Schofield on Charlie Hebdo[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15551998"]Charlie Hebdo and its satirical role[/URL] The editor-in-chief of the magazine, Stephane Charbonnier, said Islam could not be excluded from freedom of the press. He said: "If we can poke fun at everything in France, if we can talk about anything in France apart from Islam or the consequences of Islamism, that is annoying." Mr Charbonnier, also known as Charb, said he did not see the attack on the magazine as the work of French Muslims, but of what he called "idiot extremists". [B]Threats [/B]The magazine said Wednesday's edition was intended to "celebrate" the victory of an Islamist party in last month's Tunisian elections. Freedom of expression is an inalienable right in our democracy and all attacks on the freedom of the press must be condemned with the greatest firmness. Charb said the magazine had received several threats on Twitter and Facebook before the attack. "This is the first time we have been physically attacked, but we won't let it get to us," he said. Police said Charlie Hebdo's headquarters had been petrol-bombed in the early hours of Wednesday morning. There have been no reports of injuries. Charlie Hebdo's website has also been hacked with a message in English and Turkish attacking the magazine. The edition of the paper published on Wednesday was called Charia Hebdo - a play on the Islamic word sharia. The cover shows Muhammad saying: "100 lashes if you are not dying of laughter". Inside, there is an editorial, attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, and more cartoons - one showing the Prophet with a clown's red nose. Depiction of the Prophet is strictly prohibited in Islam. In a statement on Tuesday, the magazine said it was motivated by the recent victory of the Islamist Ennadha party in elections in Tunisia, and by indications that sharia law could form the basis of legislation in post-Gaddafi Libya. The magazine denied it was trying to be provocative. On Tuesday, Charb told the AFP news agency : "We don't feel like causing further provocation. We simply feel like doing our job as usual. The only difference this week is that Muhammad is on the cover and it's pretty rare to put him on the cover." Prime Minister Fillon expressed his "indignation" at the attack on the newspaper. "Freedom of expression is an inalienable right in our democracy and all attacks on the freedom of the press must be condemned with the greatest firmness. No cause can justify such an act of violence," he said in a statement. The head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith, Mohammed Moussaoui, also condemned the attack. In 2007, Charlie Hebdo reprinted 12 controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that were first shown in a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, and caused outrage in the Muslim world. The magazine was sued for incitement to racism by two Islamic groups in France, but was acquitted by a Paris court. The BBC's Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield says Charlie Hebdo has a long track record of irreverence to all religions. [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15550350"] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15550350[/URL] [/quote] Back in October 31 [quote]"In order fittingly to celebrate the Islamist Ennahda's win in [B][URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia"]Tunisia[/URL][/B] and the NTC (National Transitional Council) president's promise that sharia would be the main source of law in Libya, Charlie Hebdo asked Mohammed to be guest editor," said a statement.The weekly has been rebaptised Sharia Hebdo for the occasion, and will feature on its cover a picture of Mohammed saying: "100 lashes if you don't die of laughter!" On the back page, a picture of Mohammed wearing a red nose is accompanied by the words: "Yes, Islam is compatible with humour." The cover was circulating on social media such as Twitter on Tuesday, with many users incensed and describing it as "puerile". The weekly's publisher, known as Charb, rejected accusations that he was trying to provoke. "We feel we're just doing our job as usual. The only difference is that this week, Mohammed is on the cover and that's quite rare," he told AFP. A Paris court in 2007 threw out a suit brought by two Muslim organisations against Charlie Hebdo for reprinting cartoons of prophet Mohammed that had appeared in a Danish newspaper, sparking angry protests by Muslims worldwide.[/quote] [IMG]http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/1748/charliehebdo.jpg[/IMG] - You receive 100 lashes if you do not die of laughter! "or until you get petrol bombed by Extremists"
This is just poor. I guess Comedy Central is happy with their decision to censor Mohammed when they see this.
Silly French Muslims can't take a joke.
We can't make fun of you, But you can make fun of us? I need the why image.
Some one's butthurt
that magazine almost looks like a troll face
Do the various muslims who partake in these things in France even realize the more they do dumb shit like this the bigger the backlash will be towards them? I guess they are retarded zealots anyway its not like there's any forward thinking or logic in their brains
I knew it would end like this. Muslims love to overreact.
What a peaceful religion I may convert
I saw this coming the day I saw that cover.
Attacking the press for expressing their freedom? Stay classy Islam...
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;33088897]What a peaceful religion I may convert[/QUOTE] Are you kidding me? You're judging an entire religion on a microscopic minority.
Fucking extremists man
Humour = lost on them.
facepunch: some dudes attack a news paper [quote]Silly French Muslims can't take a joke. [/quote] [quote]I knew it would end like this. Muslims love to overreact. [/quote] [quote]Attacking the press for expressing their freedom? Stay classy Islam... [/quote] ignoring the fact that muslim people condemn these attacks... thanks for inciting bigotry guys, really good job lads.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;33088997]Are you kidding me? You're judging an entire religion on a microscopic minority.[/QUOTE] look how you conveniently ignore orkel's comment :downs:
[QUOTE=thisispain;33089424] ignoring the fact that muslim people condemn these attacks... thanks for inciting bigotry guys, really good job lads.[/QUOTE] You can't really blame them for thinking so when shit like this keep happening over and over again.
[QUOTE=booster;33089523]You can't really blame them for thinking so when shit like this keep happening over and over again.[/QUOTE] why not? it's very easy to not be a bigot by making rash assumptions. white neo-nazi's and right-wing nationalists will also always exist yet people here are very quick to remove themselves from that. it's quite a common theme in europe. kind of the reason why you have a lot of pissed off muslim youth. having ideas like that will only fuel the fire and you can't scapegoat anyone for that.
[QUOTE=thisispain;33089424]facepunch: some dudes attack a news paper ignoring the fact that muslim people condemn these attacks... thanks for inciting bigotry guys, really good job lads.[/QUOTE] It's Facepunch. If a group of Atheists did this, we'd be licking their boot.
[QUOTE=booster;33089523]You can't really blame them for thinking so when shit like this keep happening over and over again.[/QUOTE] Hey guys there's alot of radical Muslims on the news it must mean all Muslims are radicals. :downs:
[QUOTE=Orkel;33088816]I knew it would end like this. Muslims love to overreact.[/QUOTE] I knew they would react badly the second I read they were naming Mohammed as the guest editor in chief in response to the elections in Tunisia. I can [I]kinda[/I] see why Muslims get pissed off, they are mocking their highest religious figure. I do get the feeling though that if instead of Mohammed it was Jesus no one would take offence at all.
[QUOTE=booster;33089523]You can't really blame them for thinking so when shit like this keep happening over and over again.[/QUOTE] Yes you can because it's a massive generalization because of a small minority of Muslims.
[QUOTE=SockFC;33089563]It's Facepunch. If a group of Atheists did this, we'd be licking their boot.[/QUOTE] i wish it was limited to the internet but unfortunately it isn't. [editline]2nd November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Jsm;33089615] I do get the feeling though that if instead of Mohammed it was Jesus no one would take offence at all.[/QUOTE] well that's because christians have a very different status in european society. one of the biggest problems in the muslim community is that they feel left out and the particularly brain-dead people in that community do something retarded like attacking an office with a petrol bomb.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;33089618]Yes you can because it's a massive generalization because of a small minority of Muslims.[/QUOTE] That's obvious, but there's still going to be people who think otherwise.
Someone makes fun of Mohammed and that's unacceptable. But putting a crucifix in a jar of piss is fine.
[QUOTE=Kljunas;33089700]But putting a crucifix in a jar of piss is fine.[/QUOTE] shows how much you know! you're talking about piss christ right? the same piss christ which was vandalized and threatened the life of the artists and the people who presented it in several art galleries? i don't think that constitutes as fine.
[QUOTE=thisispain;33089760]shows how much you know! you're talking about piss christ right? the same piss christ which was vandalized and threatened the life of the artists and the people who presented it in several art galleries? i don't think that constitutes as fine.[/QUOTE] Some Christian people were complaining about piss christ and wanted it to be removed. Nothing was done so they destroyed it (since it is a photography, it is just symbolical). Charlie Hebdo's office has been destroyed by a bomb a day after the magazine was published. There is a huge difference.
[QUOTE=Kljunas;33089843]Some Christian people were complaining about piss christ and wanted it to be removed. Nothing was done so they destroyed it (since it is a photography, it is just symbolical). Charlie Hebdo's office has been destroyed by a bomb a day after the magazine was published. There is a huge difference.[/QUOTE] okay, what about Anders Behring Breivik then, if you wanna go up to extremes. and i like how you sugar coated it... no it wasn't "Some Christian people were complaining", death threats were issued and people stormed in to destroy the art work.
[QUOTE=Kljunas;33089843]Charlie Hebdo's office has been destroyed by a bomb a day after the magazine was published. There is a huge difference.[/QUOTE] It happened so fast, it's like whoever did it just had bomb lying around, ready in case anybody would draw a picture making fun of Mohammed.
[QUOTE=Orkel;33088816]I knew it would end like this. Muslims love to overreact.[/QUOTE]Yeah I know right? Muslims just love too, [I]not a generalization at all.[/I] They just do.
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