Many outlets, such as the New York Times, refused to publish any. I have some sympathy for entities like the NYT, which has bureaus the world over. Fanatics in faraway places could easily target a local bureau because of the parent NYT's acts. We're talking fanatics. No telling what bullshit they will pull next.
I can only shake my head when I see the depictions of Muhammed that drove so many Muslims insane. Some are so lame! Really?! You're going to kill people over this?! How fucking thin-skinned can you get?
Christians quit taking the Bible so literally a good while ago. Of course, some particular Neanderthals still try to take it all literally, but they are a very small number, and usually get laughed at in this country.
Muslims need to do the same thing: quit getting so worked up when someone doesn't live up to your interpretation of the Koran. They sure are a long way from "live and let live." They are still stuck in "live like I do or I will kill you." We just cannot tolerate this kind of behavior in this modern age.
It could be that the more we publish these allegedly insulting images, the more desensitized to them the Muslims will become, and they will relax a bit and let people exercise their own minds and strive for freedom.
It could be.
The text accompanying the pictures below is from The Huffington Post.
Charlie Hebdo gained notoriety in 2006 for its portrayal of a sobbing Muhammad, under the headline "Mahomet débordé par les intégristes" ("Muhammad overwhelmed by fundamentalists"). Within its pages, the magazine published 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, bringing unprecedented condemnation from the Muslim world. The French Council for the Muslim Faith eventually sued the weekly for the cartoon. The issue has since been considered the one which positioned Charlie Hebdo as a target for terrorist attacks.
Before a French court sided with Charlie Hebdo in the lawsuit, in 2007, another cartoon was published with the text "Charlie Hebdo must be veiled!"
In 2011, headlined by a cartoon reading "100 lashes if you don't die of laughter," an issue invited Muhammad to be a "guest editor" for the weekly. The Charlie Hebdo offices were firebombed following its publication.
Charlie Hebdo's website was hacked following a 2011 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as gay.
The weekly received backlash again in 2012 after publishing a cartoon criticizing religious Muslims and Jews.
In a more recent issue, the magazine published a cartoon depicting a member of the Islamic State group beheading Muhammad.
Original. Here's to freedom of speech!!
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