November 1, 2011
Charlie Hebdo Names The Prophet Muhammed Editor-In-Chief
International wires
are bristling with the news that the French-language satirical magazine
Charlie Hebdo named the Prophet Muhammed as the publication's editor-in-chief for a forthcoming issue. The issue, arriving on stands tomorrow, is to be renamed "Sharia Hebdo" and will in some way feature its special editor on the cover. This is apparently in response to recent political events in Libya (proclamations from the transitional government) and Tunisia (the makeup of its recent elections).
The move of course recalls the Danish Cartoons Controversy and various elements of that famous incident's subsequent hangover, now more than a half-decade into intermittent appearances in European public affairs. The move also points out that in Europe they have cartoon-heavy satirical magazines that can be expected to take digs at foreign affairs with the same passion they take on hit movies and reality shows, but that's another issue entirely.
In February 2006,
Charlie Hebdo took on the Cartoons Controversy with an issue that showed a weeping Muhammed on the cover with the line "It's hard to be loved by jerks." The Danish Cartoons were reprinted inside. That issue hundreds of thousands more issues than regular installments of the publication were selling then. A suit heard in 2007 brought against the publication by the Grand Mosque And The Union Of French Islamic Organization saw editor Philippe Val acquitted, with distinctions being made between satirizing elements of a religion and specific actors within it with the act of making fun of an entire religion.
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