Charlie Hebdo releases first issue since terrorist attack

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PARIS- On Wednesday, Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, will release its first issue since last week’s deadly terrorist attack.

The cover features a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.

Working out of borrowed offices, surviving staff published an unprecedented print run of 3 million copies – more than 50 times the usual circulation.

The latest cover shows a weeping Muhammad, holding a sign reading “I am Charlie” with the words “All is forgiven” above him. Zineb El Rhazoui, a journalist with the weekly, said the cover meant the journalists are forgiving the extremists for the attack.

Before the new edition was even released, one of Egypt’s top Islamic authorities had warned Charlie Hebdo against publishing more cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Dar al-Ifta, which is in charge of issuing religious edicts, called the planned cover an “unjustified provocation” for millions of Muslims who respect and love their prophet and warned the cartoon would likely spark a new wave of hatred.

Indeed, criticism and threats immediately appeared on militant websites, with calls for more strikes against the newspaper and anonymous threats from radicals, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based terrorism monitor.

 

 

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