Charlie Hebdo republishes the Muhammad cartoons. “We will never bow our heads”

PARIS – Charlie hebdo Today he republishes the cartoons of Muhammad that made him the target of Islamic terrorists. On the eve of the opening of the trial for the January 2015 attack, in which famous cartoonists such as Wolinski, Cabu, Charb me Tignous – The satirical weekly has decided to pay tribute to the victims and once again challenge the fundamentalists. “We will never bow our heads, we will never give up,” explains the director. Crack.

The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo reissued the cartoons of Muhammad that made him a target of Islamic terrorism.

The cartoons at the center of the controversy were first published in September 2005 by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. As a show of solidarity, Charlie hebdo he had recovered them. In one of the pictures the Prophet is shown with a bomb instead of a turban, or armed with a knife flanked by two women in black veils. Later, the weekly had been put to a test for another drawing of Muhammad signed by Cabu and denounced as blasphemous by some Islamic associations. The designers of Charlie hebdo they have always been acquitted in a country where secularism is sharply divided and the crime of blasphemy no longer exists. However, editorial staff continued to receive threats, often ignored.

The newspaper’s headquarters had already been set on fire before the attack by the Kouachi brothers’ command, who entered the newspaper’s meeting with the Kalashnikovs shouting “Allah Akbar.” In the hours that followed, Jewish police officers, agents and supermarket customers were also killed.

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The decision of the satirical newspaper precedes the opening of the long-awaited trial for the 2015 attacks, in a climate in which the slogan “Je suis Charlie” seems less shared. A few months ago, the young student Mila had to receive police protection after an outburst against Islam on her Instagram profile.

In addition to the controversial Danish cartoons, the cover of the new Charlie Hebdo – tomorrow on newsstands – has another unpublished cartoon of Muhammad entitled “Tout ça pour ça” (which can be translated as: much ado about nothing) and signed by Cabu, murdered five years ago. “We have often been asked to publish other cartoons of Muhammad,” the newspaper explains.

“We have always refused to do it, not because it is prohibited, the law allows it, but because we needed a good reason to do it, a reason that made sense and that added something to the debate.” Charlie Hebdo journalists have lived for five years in an editorial bunker with a secret address. And many of the brands, starting with Riss, still live under surveillance.