Charlie Hebdo

Charlie Hebdo has no chill. That’s the verdict of the Internet upon seeing the latest cover of the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, which is drawing comparisons to the types of insensitive signs that the Westboro Baptist Church might publish. With a headline that claimed, “God drowned all the neo-Nazis of Texas,” Charlie Hebdo has published […]

Despite losing 12 staffers in the tragic massacre on January 7, 2015, the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, has continued to publish controversial covers and cartoons specifically targeting the religion of Islam. After a depiction of the Muslim prophet Muhammad led to Islamic extremists to opening fire on the Charlie Hebdo offices, the bold writers […]

A man who was arrested for making a shockingly violent threat to kill “any and every” Muslim is now using the fact that he binge-watches Fox News as a defense for his actions. According to the Huffington Post, on January 14 in 2015, a California man named John David Weissinger called the San Diego office […]

The satirical cartoon magazine, Charlie Hebdo, may have taken things a little too far this time by theorizing Aylan Kurdi would have grown up to sexually abuse German women. A new and controversial cartoon shows a dead toddler, lying on the beach in a manner similar to the images of the 3-year-old boy that drew […]

New footage has arrived on the eve of the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack, where brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi stormed into the satirical paper’s headquarter and slaughtered 12 people. In the video, Jihadi Amedy Coulibaly, a friend of the Kouachi brothers, explained the reason behind the massacres. Coulibaly was responsible for […]

Mathieu Madenian, a columnist with Charlie Hebdo, the French satire magazine that has suffered from two horrendous terrorist attacks, the most recent on January 7, left 12 innocent people dead, including four of the magazine’s cartoonists, posted a preview of the defiant cover of the coming issue. Anonymous, which has showed support for the magazine […]

As France deals with the devastating terrorist attacks on Paris this week, aftershocks continue to sweep the vulnerable nation. One such incident saw Air France flight AF1741 grounded in Amsterdam at the Schiphol Airport after receiving bomb threats via Twitter, linking the threats to the recent Paris attacks. According to the Daily Mail, the Twitter […]

In early 2015, Paris was at the forefront of global attention due to the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices where 20 were killed, including the three gunmen. Now, Charlie Hebdo is making its voice heard yet again as one of its satirical cartoonists, Joann Sfar, is asking the world to stop using the hashtag […]

A recruiting ring for the Islamic State (ISIS) has been busted by European authorities who arrested 13 Islamists in Italy, Britain, and Norway on Thursday, November 12, 2015. The coordinated police action put a choke-hold on Norway-based Iraqi Kurdish recruiters drumming up volunteers to fight for ISIS. According to Yahoo! News based on a report […]

Paris has been rocked by multiple shootings and explosions in different areas, killing at least 120 people while scores of people have been left injured, according to reports emerging in French media. The attacks in Paris are being called the “worst” France has faced in the post-war era, with reports suggesting that “even at the […]

The French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, that became a symbol of freedom of speech in January after Islamic extremists killed 12 people, saw the slogan “Je suis Charlie” go viral in the wake of the tragedy. The hashtag #JeSuisCharlie (“I am Charlie”) became the rally cry of armchair activists worldwide who supported the magazine’s right to […]

Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French magazine, is facing criticism for its cartoon of the drowned Syrian Toddler, Alyan Kurdi. However, some publications and individuals believe those who criticize the cartoon are missing the point. Most people view the cartoon as an attempt to mock the 3-year-old’s plight, as well as mock the Muslim religion. Charlie […]

Homeland fans, buckle up, because Season 5 of the hit Showtime series is going to get murkier this October. [Spoiler alert: Homeland Season 4 cliffhanger ending revealed below.] Homeland makers, aka Showtime’s producers, have remained tight-lipped when discussing plot points and other details about Season 5, but according to the Independent, Showtime’s president, David Nevins, […]

Charlie Hebdo will no longer depict caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, says the magazine’s top editor. The Washington Post reported that the infamous French satire magazine came to this decision following the emotional aftermath of the January 7 terrorist attack. On that day, two Islamic militants stormed the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris and began […]

Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Renald Luzier, known professionally as Luz, has quit the magazine that inspired a world-wide movement for free-speech after Islamist militants gunned down 12 of his colleagues. In fact, it was Luzier who drew the iconic cartoon that followed the massacre – a crying Mohammad holding the sign that would become a chant […]

Draw Mohammed Day is approaching — the sixth anniversary of the first one, though the event hasn’t been widely held every year. This year, it’s expected to garner a great deal of attention, thanks to recent events, including the Charlie Hebdo murders and the murders in Texas over a Draw Mohammed event. There was even […]

An online video statement has claimed that Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi, a senior “Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula” (AQAP) leader, has died in a U.S. drone attack. The video statement was made by AQAP’s media wing, Al-Malahem Media. An official U.S. statement has also confirmed the death of al-Ansi, though it is not clear which […]

Elton Simpson has been identified as one of the Garland, Texas shooting suspects. The Arizona native was reportedly the target of a terror investigation by the FBI in the past. No bombs were found at the scene of the shooting at the free speech Muhammad cartoon contest event. The Garland, Texas shooting suspect allegedly posted […]

The decision by the PEN American Center to give its annual Freedom of Expression Courage award to the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has caused at least six writers to withdraw as literary hosts at the group’s annual gala on May 5. Peter Carey, Michael Ondaatje, Francine Prose, Teju Cole, Rachel Kushner and Taiye Selasi […]

Survivors who were held as hostages during January’s kosher supermarket siege in Paris have decided to sue the media for allegedly endangering their lives. The six former hostages decided to sue French media outlet BFM-TV, claiming that the live broadcast that the media outlet showed revealed the location of their hiding spot. The former hostages’ […]

As the philosopher and author, Voltaire, once said, “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to your death the right to say it.” What is essentially a debate over this quote and the limits of free speech is now more relevant than ever in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo […]

The war against Islamist terror opened up a new world for inventors to explore. Most devices to keep people safe from a terror attack have been high-tech and expensive — think of the TSA backscatter systems — but even more have been simply bizarre. Shortly after the Charlie Hebdo attack, IPR consultancy Patent Yogi produced […]

The Charlie Hebdo magazine appears to be entangled in internal squabbling just as global sentiment and sympathies have accorded the magazine with wealth. The management and employees of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo are engrossed in a bitter wrangle over distribution of wealth that suddenly and amply poured into their coffers. After the magazine’s staff and […]

The “Hacktivist” group Anonymous is at it again, seemingly handing out good will. Well, not for the terrorist group ISIS that is. According to the Independent, Anonymous found and released a group of Twitter accounts they say are owned by ISIS. The goal of the group’s act is to get other users to report the […]

Satire in publications is nothing new, even towards Muslims. The BBC reports that over 100 years before France’s Charlie Hebdo there was Molla Nasreddin. The name “Molla Nasreddin” was taken from the name of a mullah, or educated man, that was famous throughout the region for his humor and sayings. But even with such a […]

According to a recent poll carried out by the BBC, a reported 27 percent of British Muslims sympathize with and even support the recent Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, as well as the slaying of Jews at a Kosher supermarket. The poll reveals that something like one in four British Muslims identify with the Islamist […]

As the Inquisitr recently reported, mysterious drones have been spotted flying over parts of France and have once again been sighted an additional night specifically hovering over Paris. The latest sightings have been reported around Invalides military museum and other well-known landmarks, but the mystery as to who is operating them remains that-a mystery. As […]

Since January 7, “Je suis” has become an oft-repeated phrase, one meant to show solidarity and support for the freedom of speech which Charlie Hebdo’s cartoonists died for. “Je suis” has become a maxim for freedom of journalistic expression, a liberty the Democratic Audit UK notes necessary to “guarantee the smooth functioning of plural societies.” […]

Danish officials revealed today that the gunman who attacked a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen, killing two people and wounding five, was known to them and had a violent past, BBC News is reporting. They also revealed that he was born in Denmark and that he was 22-years-old. At a Sunday news […]

A gunman, who authorities believe has been killed in a shootout with police near a train station, opened fire in Copenhagen at a cafe hosting a Charlie Hebdo-related event on Saturday. Hours later, authorities reported yet another shooting had taken place in Denmark’s capital at a downtown synagogue. The second Copenhagen shooting, which took place […]

At least one person is dead and at least two people are injured after two or more gunmen opened fire at a café hosting a free speech event in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Guardian is reporting. The Krudttønden Café in northern Copenhagen was hosting an event entitled “Art, Blasphemy, and the Freedom of Expression,” and was […]

The hacking group known as “Anonymous” has claimed to have taken down more than 1,000 Islamic State websites in just three days. In a new video from Anonymous, it is purported that some 800 Twitter accounts, 12 Facebook pages, and 50 email accounts associated with ISIS have been shut down. The militant Islamist organization has […]

Newsweek’s Twitter account was the victim of hackers on Tuesday morning, who posted a threat to Michelle Obama, her daughters, and the president. The group, which also took responsibility for hacking Pentagon social media accounts last month, tweeted “#CyberCaliphate Bloody Valentine’s Day #MichelleObama! We’re watching you, you girls, and your husband!” According to Reuters, a […]

A month after the terrorist attacks in France, reports are flying in about a fresh attack in the French city of Marseille. According to Sky News, at least 10 hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs opened fired at a police vehicle on patrol duty. The attack happened on the day Marseille was set to welcome the […]

An eight-year-old was questioned in Nice, France, after saying the Charlie Hebdo journalists “got what they deserved.” France has instituted a crack-down on terrorist sympathizers, but the child is by far the youngest person to be detained for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. According to the New Zealand Herald, Ahmed, a third-grader […]

Imran Khan, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief, appeared at the Ulema Mashaikh Conference on Wednesday and had some very strong comments to make about Muslims. Khan, who is already facing charges of defamation from a former chief justice, decided to blame “the Muslim world for cartoon publication” that “insult the Holy Prophet” according to The Nation. […]

The attack on Charlie Hebdo that left twelve people dead and the dramatic twin standoffs with terrorists left France reeling. The immediate response of many people around the world was to defend Charlie Hebdo‘s right to publish the offending cartoons that brought the attackers to its door. Millions took to the streets and to the […]

A Charlie Hebdo cartoonist has said that terror attacks are “the worst caricature” of religion and not any images that might appear in a satirical magazine. An event in Montreal organized by the Association Humaniste du Quebec gave cartoonist Zineb El-Rhazoui the chance to address members of the press, following fears expressed by the association […]

Turkey, like many countries, has had a clear and distinct response to the Charlie Hebdo murders. A court in Turkey, according to the Guardian, censored webpages that displayed last Wednesday’s Charlie Hebdo front cover. Venturebeat reports, now, that Turkey is now looking to have certain pages of Facebook blocked in their country. The “or else…” […]

Nigel Farage insists that it would “incomprehensible” for the Paris mayor to go through with her threat to sue Fox News for defamation. Farage is the outspoken and often politically incorrect leader of the populist UK Independence Party (UKIP or Ukip) and member of the European Parliament. Following the whole “no-go zones” controversy, Paris Mayor […]

After firing off a stream of comments deemed inflammatory by the French community, worshipers of Islam and a number of liberals in the United States, Paris Mayor Anne Hidlago outlined her plans to sue Fox News. Apparently, the city’s chief executive says claims by Fox of the existence of Muslim no-go zones have defamed Paris […]

While it’s no surprise that some conspiracy-minded folks in the Parisian Muslim community believe “the Jews,” or some other high-level, secret-service-type group, like Israel’s Mossad, might be behind the recent Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks in Paris, it has raised some eyebrows that some believe those responsible are “Magical Shape Shifting Jews.” Say what you want […]

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal today invoked so-called Muslim “No-Go Zones” in Europe, which don’t actually exist and never have. Delivering a speech on foreign policy in London Monday, Jindal condemned European governments for allowing the existence of certain enclaves, populated densely by Muslims, where Sharia Law takes precedence over democratic European law, referred to by […]

While it has been widely reported that the Kouachi brothers, Said and Cherif, were extreme in their Islamist view of the world, new reports are suggesting that the fact their mother committed suicide when they were just 10 and 12 may have affected them psychologically. The Daily Mail reported that back in 1992, the Kouachi […]

The Obama administration is having some difficulty with its diplomatic response to the terrorist attack in Paris. First, the administration is still receiving criticism for failing to send a top-level official to the Paris March for Unity rally. Now Secretary of State John Kerry is being ridiculed for his musical gesture of solidarity with France […]

Originally reported on Salon, Russell Brand, a man known for saying exactly what is on his mind, provided a much-needed perspective via his show, The Trews. Brand eloquently criticized Fox News for spewing hate speech and advocating violence in response to the attacks in Paris. Russell Brand’s The Trews posted his commentary online this week. […]

Over the past six months, France — specifically Paris — has suffered an onslaught of crimes in which the intention may be of an antisemitic nature. The Inquisitr reported on two such crimes — an assault on a Jewish boy and a vandalism attempt against a kosher restaurant — happening back-to-back within less than a […]

Nigel Farage claims that certain self-contained Muslim enclaves in Europe, where police no longer regularly patrol, operate under Sharia Law rather than civil law. Farage is the outspoken and often politically incorrect leader of the populist UK Independence Party (UKIP or Ukip) and member of the European parliament. He offered the above assessment on Sean […]

Pope Francis recently shared his perspective on freedom of expression and the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Surprisingly, he provided a generalized analysis of the situation from the perspective of both parties involved. While most have condemned Muslims for the Paris massacre, which claimed the lives of 12 innocent people, the pope took different stance. […]

It is times like these that many of us, myself included, find ourselves at a precipice. We are at the edge of something we loathe versus an offense that we cannot allow to go unchallenged. No matter how egregious the object or person receiving the offense is. There are some of us before today that […]