Analysis Of Charlie Hebdo Attack

Charlie Hebdo is a French newspaper founded in 1970, which had already achieved the circulation of 45,000 in French in 2012. It often published some reports about religions and politics. For example, the cover of a 2011 issue retitled Charia Hebdo (fr) (French for Sharia Weekly), featured a cartoon of Muhammad, whose depiction is forbidden in some interpretations of Islam. Moreover, in 2012, the newspaper published a series of satirical cartoons of Muhammad, including nude caricatures. Such actions raised much resentment among Muslim countries. Therefore, Charlie Hebdo’s office was ever fire-bombed and its website was hacked. On 7th Jan, 2015, many of its staff were shot by the armed terrorists, which was called Charlie Hebdo Attack.
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