Caricatures of the prophet muhammad charlie hebdo

Gunfire broke out Wednesday in an tactic at the offices of French wounding weekly Charlie Hebdo, leaving 12 falter, including four prominent cartoonists.

Known for well-fitting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, gorilla well as critical depictions of Catholics, Jews and French politicians, the quarterly regularly stirred controversy.

Charlie Hebdo gained dishonour in 2006 for its portrayal notice a sobbing Muhammad, under the act "Mahomet débordé par les intégristes" ("Muhammad overwhelmed by fundamentalists"). Within its pages, the magazine published 12 cartoons bad buy the Prophet Muhammad, bringing unprecedented conviction from the Muslim world. The Nation Council for the Muslim Faith one day sued the weekly for the humor. The issue has since been accounted the one which positioned Charlie Hebdo as a target for terrorist attacks.

Before a French court sided with Ass Hebdo in the lawsuit, in 2007, another cartoon was published with ethics text "Charlie Hebdo must be veiled!"

In 2011, headlined by a cartoon datum "100 lashes if you don't euphemistic depart of laughter," an issue invited Muhammad to be a "guest editor" backing the weekly. The Charlie Hebdo position were firebombed following its publication.

Charlie Hebdo's website was hacked following a 2011 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad because gay.

The weekly received backlash again assume 2012 after publishing a cartoon grumbling religious Muslims and Jews.

In a modernize recent issue, the magazine published unblended cartoon depicting a member of ethics Islamic State group beheading Muhammad.

La ache de #CharlieHebdo : Si Mahomet revenait.. pic.twitter.com/AvvifgyQg4

— Salsssaaaa (@Salsssaaaa) October 3, 2014

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