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Jihadists in Paris Kill 12 in Attack on Charlie Hebdo Magazine Headquarters
The French magazine Charlie Hebdo is deliberately offensive towards everyone. Unlike the vast majority of satirical works (which make fun of everything but Islam), the cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo went out of their way to show that they can make fun of Islam too.
In the latest offering from the “religion of peace,” 12 people are dead at the Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo. This attack serves as a warning to the media: “Don’t treat Islam like you treat other ideologies.” The media, of course, are all too happy to comply.
A cartoon of Muhammad BBC—Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring seven in an apparent Islamist attack.
Three masked attackers opened fire with assault rifles in the office and exchanged shots with police in the street outside before escaping by car.
The gunmen shouted “we have avenged the Prophet Muhammad”, witnesses say.
President Francois Hollande said there was no doubt it had been a terrorist attack “of exceptional barbarity”.
A major police operation is under way in the Paris area to catch the killers. The number of gunmen was initially reported to be two, but French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve later said they were hunting three “criminals”.
Four of the magazine’s well-known cartoonists, including its editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier were reported among those killed, as well as two police officers.
Mr Charbonnier, 47, had received death threats in the past and was living under police protection.
French media have named the three other cartoonists killed in the attack as Cabu, Tignous and Wolinski. Reports say the attack took place during the magazine’s daily editorial meeting.
Several of the wounded remain in a critical condition.
The satirical weekly has courted controversy in the past with its irreverent take on news and current affairs. It was fire-bombed in November 2011 a day after it carried a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.
The latest tweet on Charlie Hebdo’s account was a cartoon of the Islamic State militant group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Continue Reading.)
Source: http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2015/01/jihadists-in-paris-kill-12-in-attack-on.html
