Weekly, who was not afraid of extreme controversy. Before the shooting … – Gazeta.pl

In the attack on the editors ‘Charlie Hebdo’ in the center of Paris killed 12 people.

As of the publication of the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that sparked protests in the Middle East in 2005, by issuing entitled “Sharia Hebdo” (“Sharia Hebdo”), to mention Muhammad as editor-in-chief, “Charlie Hebdo” irreverent material he published regularly on the Muslims and their faith. It is these attacks caused the most controversy. In 2007, a letter was brought to court on charges of racism, and the edition of “Sharia Hebdo” magazine offices were set on fire.

Muhammad targeted

Weekly mocked especially with curtains worn by Muslim women and Islamic extremists. On the cover of issue in which were reprinted the Danish cartoons, contains a drawing of Muhammad crying, saying, “It’s hard to be loved by nerds.”

“Charlie Hebdo” is not spared either ridicule other religions, including the Catholic Church when a few years ago a scandal associated with cases of pedophilia among priests.

Among the three organizations, which in 2007 brought a case against the weekly of racism, there were two main French Muslim organizations. However, there were no chance against the arguments “Charlie Hebdo” emphasizing that in force in France the principle of freedom of speech and separation of church and state give him the right to criticize any religion.

“The old tradition of satire …”

Given the fact that the weekly constantly mocks the many individuals and institutions, its blunt satire – which many Muslims may find even cruel – France is seen more as an expression of free speech than or extreme right-wing anti-Muslim propaganda.

The “old French tradition of satire” invoked in 2007, during the trial against the letter of racism, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the head of the Interior Ministry. “Charlie Hebdo” he published the caricatures Sarkozy.

One of the editors of “Charlie Hebdo” Stephane Charbonnier, who, according to the media was assassinated, has pointed out in 2012 in an interview with Reuters that no one pays attention to weekly mockery of conservative Catholicism. “But we must not laugh at Muslim hardliners. This is a new rule, but we will not obey” – Charbonnier said.

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Weekly, who was not afraid of extreme controversy. Before the shooting … – Gazeta.pl