Auto da fe in Paris: it's no joke

Iconoclast Blog
November 10, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1867/auto-da-fe-in-paris-it-no-joke

Excerpt:

The brand new—and deliberately unmarked-- offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in the 20^th arrondissement of Paris were destroyed by arson hours before a special issue, renamed Charia Hebdo, hit the newsstands on November 2^nd. All 75,000 copies were sold out by noon (a rerun went on sale two days later, bringing total sales to 200,000). One or more firebombs aimed precisely at the IT department wiped out the satirical magazine's nerve center. Charlie Hebdo's Facebook page had been bombarded with threats, insults, and koranic verses since it pre-released the front page with a caricature of guest editor Mohamed promising 100 lashes to anyone who doesn't die laughing. As the offices went up in flames, the hacked website was plastered with a photo of Mecca packed with pilgrims, and the declaration, in English, "No god but Allah / Mohamed is the Messenger of Allah."

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