The French satirical weekly,
Charlie Hebdo, whose office was fire bombed after it printed a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad has reproduced the image defending "the freedom to poke fun" in the four-page supplement, which was wrapped around copies of the left-wing daily Liberation.Writes Brian Love on the incident in Reuters "
French paper reprints Mohammad cartoon after fire-bomb":
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place hours before an edition of Charlie Hebdo hit news stands featuring a cover-page cartoon of Mohammad and a speech bubble with the words: "100 lashes if you don't die of laughter."
The weekly, known for its irreverent treatment of the political establishment and religious figures, bore the headline
"Charia Hebdo," in a reference to Muslim sharia law, and said
that week's issue had been guest-edited by Mohammad.The
incident pits Europe's tradition of free speech and secularism against Islam's injunction barring any depictions seen as mocking the prophet. The publication of cartoons of Mohammad in a Danish newspaper in 2005 sparked unrest in the Muslim world in which at least 50 people were killed.By Islamists defending the Orwellian "religion of peace" i suppose, or perhaps "a few drunks"?Here is the photo...
