Celebrating the Religion of Peace
Fun times in France -- from the
UK Telegraph:
French satirical newspaper firebombed after prophet Mohammed announcement
The offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb, a day after it named the Prophet Mohammed as its �editor-in-chief� for this week�s issue.
The fiercely anti-clerical magazine said the move, which included renaming the publication �Sharia Hebdo�, was intended to "celebrate" the victory of Islamist party Ennhada in Tunisia's election.
Charlie Hedbo's editor-in-chief, known as Charb, told France Info radio: "We no longer have a newspaper. All our equipment has been destroyed or has melted."
No injuries have been reported.
A single Molotov cocktail was thrown at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris�s 20th arrondissement at around 1am. The ensuing fire was rapidly put out, but a large amount of material in the office was destroyed, police said.
�We cannot, today, put together a paper,� said Charb. �But we will do everything possible to do one next week. Whatever happens, we�ll do it. There is no question of giving in,� he said, adding that the magazine is filing a legal complaint against persons unknown.
Good that they are not backing down. Their website was defaced too with the following posted:
Charlie Hebdo's website has also been hacked with a message in English and Turkish cursing the magazine.
The message said: "You keep abusing Islam's almighty Prophet with disgusting and disgraceful cartoons using excuses of freedom of speech.
"Be God's curse upon you!"
I can only imagine how much it must hurt to be that willfully stupid.
For more info on Islam in general, visit
The Religion of Peace.
The numbers for October, 2011:
- Jihad Attacks: 170
- Countries: 16
- Religions: 5
- Dead Bodies: 652
- Critically Injured: 1307
The Charlie Hebdo website is here:
Charlie Hebdo (no content as yet)
Google Translate is
here.
Posted by DaveH at November 2, 2011 3:23 PM