French Mag to Publish Cartoons of Prophet Mohammed

[Zero Point]

(09-19-2012 06:32 AM)Da Ghost Wrote:  They have gone ahead and published.

French weekly fuels Mohammad row with nude cartoons
By Nicholas Vinocur | Reuters – 1 hr 42 mins ago


PARIS (Reuters) - A French magazine ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday by portraying him naked in cartoons, threatening to fuel the anger of Muslims around the world who are already incensed by a film depicting him as a womanizing buffoon.

The French government, which had urged the magazine not to print the images, said it was temporarily shutting down premises including embassies and schools in 20 countries on Friday, when protests sometimes break out after Muslim prayers.
Riot police were deployed to protect the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo after it hit the news stands with a cover showing an Orthodox Jew pushing the turbaned figure of Mohammad in a wheelchair. On the inside pages, several caricatures of the Prophet showed him naked.

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Marseilles is going to burn to the ground...

[Da Ghost]

(09-19-2012 06:39 AM)Zero Point Wrote:  

(09-19-2012 06:32 AM)Da Ghost Wrote:  They have gone ahead and published.

French weekly fuels Mohammad row with nude cartoons
By Nicholas Vinocur | Reuters – 1 hr 42 mins ago


PARIS (Reuters) - A French magazine ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday by portraying him naked in cartoons, threatening to fuel the anger of Muslims around the world who are already incensed by a film depicting him as a womanizing buffoon.

The French government, which had urged the magazine not to print the images, said it was temporarily shutting down premises including embassies and schools in 20 countries on Friday, when protests sometimes break out after Muslim prayers.
Riot police were deployed to protect the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo after it hit the news stands with a cover showing an Orthodox Jew pushing the turbaned figure of Mohammad in a wheelchair. On the inside pages, several caricatures of the Prophet showed him naked.

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Marseilles is going to burn to the ground...

O Paris, peut-être.

[Zero Point]

I also suggest pin Amess.
This will be a biggy...

[Lydia]

So who is the puppet-master on this one. The fact that they would not print photos of Kate's ta-ta's but will print a cartoon that may incite the religous zealots boggles the mind. Is it a bait and switch type of thing? Keep their attention and anger directed at one place and then do something even bigger when they are not paying attention somewhere else?

I 3rd a pin.