French Magazine Office Firebombed After Satirizing Islam

[Gwynplaine]

Earlier this week Charlie Hebdo's office, a French magazine that satirized Islam, was firebombed with a molotov cocktail in response to their edition "100 lashes if you don't die laughing" (guest edited by Muhammed).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...ieM_story.html

A firebombing that destroyed the offices of a French satirical weekly that “invited” the Prophet Muhammad as its guest editor was denounced Wednesday by Muslim leaders and politicians from all sides.

No one was injured in the blaze that started around 1 a.m. in the offices of Charlie Hebdo in eastern Paris, hours before the issue featuring a caricature of Muhammad on its front page hit the newsstands.

The director of the weekly, who goes by the name Charb, called the issue “a joke” and defiantly held up a copy of the paper as he stood amid the rubble. He vowed that next week’s issue would be published.
“We’ll do it with pencils and paper,” said one writer, Patrick Pelloux, on the i-Tele TV station.


The latest issue of Charlie Hebdo, with its typically cutting humor, was focussed on last week’s victory of a once-banned Islamist party in Tunisia’s first free elections and last month decision by Libya’s new leaders that Sharia, or Islamic legislation, will be the main source of law in post-Gadhafi Libya.

And for some longer term perspective CSM offers a look back at three other similar threats:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2011/1102/100-lashes-if-you-don-t-die-laughing-and-3-other-Muhammad-controversies/Danish-cartoon

[foopy]

Religion of peace.




Also, where has firas been?

[Dimmauk]

Religion of peace.




Also, where has firas been?

Gitmo?

[Gwynplaine]

I have to wonder if the Onion will ever become targeted with threats or violence now.

[Odon]

[Kuya]

Look at all those rag heads burning all those good flags.

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Not their fault that its so hot outside their peace parades have flags spontaneously combust.

[Churchill]

Islam has a special place in my heart

[ronin sparthos]

Gitmo?

I just started laughing uncontrollably, thanks.

[BadKarma]

Something something religion of peace something

[Esvedium]

Religion of peace.

And, less specifically, lolorganizedreligion.

[ronin sparthos]

Peace, at the point of a sword.

[tyven]

camel

[Celeste]

Peace, at the cock of a camel.