PARIS, Jan 4 — French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo is set to publish a special God-mocking edition next week to mark 10 years since an attack on its offices by jihadist...
Ten years after attack, French satirical paper ‘Charlie Hebdo’ stands defiant, fuelling debate with provocative God-mocking edition
The anniversary of the shocking attack on freedom of expression is being used by the atheist publication to send a message of defiance to the extremists who burst into its offices on January 7, 2015, then fled shouting they had “killed“They didn’t kill Charlie Hebdo,” editor-in-chief Gerard Biard told AFP in a recent interview, adding that “we want it to last for a thousand years”.’s decision to repeatedly publish caricatures lampooning the Prophet Muhammad, Islam’s most revered figure.
It is intended for “everyone who is fed up with living in a society directed by God and religion. Everyone who is fed up with the so-called good and evil. Everyone who is fed up with religious leaders dictating our lives”. Free-speech defenders in France see the ability to criticise and ridicule religion as a fundamental right acquired through centuries of struggle to escape the influence of the Catholic Church.
brought a mostly marginal publication into the mainstream, as well as propelling it to the attention of hundreds of millions worldwide who often struggled to understand its contents.
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