Charlie Hebdo’s New Issue Will Include Muhammad Cartoons

Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 10 people, French prosecutors say on Wednesday January 7. Witnesses spoke of sustained gunfire at the office as the attackers ... Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 10 people, French prosecutors say on Wednesday January 7. Witnesses spoke of sustained gunfire at the office as the attackers opened fire with assault rifles. The satirical weekly has courted controversy in the past with its take on news and current affairs. Its latest tweet was a cartoon of the Islamic State militant group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. File photo : French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo's publisher and cartoonist, known only as Charb presents to journalists in Paris, at the headquarters, Paris, France on September 19, 2012 the last issue which features on the front cover a satirical drawing entitled "Intouchables 2". Inside pages contain several cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammed. Photo by Mousse/Sipa USA MORE LESS
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The first edition of satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo to be published since its offices were attacked by terrorists Wednesday will feature its cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, according to its attorney.

Richard Malka told French radio station France Info that the caricatures will appear in the one-million-copy print run due out Wednesday.

“We will not give in. The spirit of ‘I am Charlie’ means the right to blaspheme,” Malka said, as quoted by Reuters.

He added that the front page would be released Monday night.

American news outlets wrestled with whether or not to republish Charlie Hebdo’s disputed cartoons in the wake of the terror attacks. The Associated Press, CNN and the New York Daily News, among others, either stopped distributing images showing the cartoons or blurred them out in favor of verbal descriptions of the caricatures. Other outlets including Gawker republished the uncensored cartoons.

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  1. Sorry, mes amis, drawings or pictures of ANY human or animal is not acceptable in Islam … not for any purpose.

    On the other hand, there are plenty of valid, scathing, accurate statements you can write about many people who claim to belong to Islam. Some of them even come from Muslims themselves. You can also repurpose many “Aggie” or “conservative” jokes and not be far off the mark.

  2. Did you hear about the 13 French Muslim terrorists who drowned when their Toyota pickup truck missed the Disneyland Paris gates and flew into the lake instead?

    They couldn’t open the tail gate in time :smirk_cat:

  3. Under the banner of fighting back and not backing down, they’re going to print what likely will be seen as gratuitous insults by the very people who have it in for them. Whether it’s courage or bravery we’ll find out. Bonne chance.

  4. I sense a Homer Simpson aspect to Charlie Hebdo’s attitude.

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