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February 8, 2006

Insensitive French Paper Adds a New Twist

Topics: Understanding Islam

It's hard to be loved by fools

From Reuters via BareKnucklepolitics:

PARIS (Reuters) - A French satirical weekly reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday and published one of its own on its front page, further angering Muslim groups which say the caricatures are blasphemous.

French Muslim organizations tried to prevent Charlie Hebdo reprinting the 12 cartoons, which were first published by the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten, but a court rejected their suit on Tuesday on a technicality.

President Jacques Chirac condemned "overt provocations" which could enflame passions, but did not name Charlie Hebdo in his latest appeal for restraint in a dispute that has triggered violent protests across the Muslim world.

Charlie Hebdo carried the new cartoon on its front page, depicting the Prophet Mohammad burying his face in his hands and saying: "It's hard to be loved by fools".

In the same edition, Charlie Hebdo published additional cartoons on its back page which caricatured other religions including Christianity and Judaism. Would you be surprised if I told you that some of the paper's staff has been placed under police protection? Take a guess at which religious group the death threats are coming from.

Note: the image above is one of many posted by BareKnucklepolitics.

Posted by tim at February 8, 2006 7:22 PM

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