French weekly firebombed after it portrays Mohammad

by Brian Love
Reuters
November 2, 2011

http://www.islamist-watch.org/8329/french-weekly-firebombed-after-it-portrays

Excerpt:

A firebomb attack gutted the headquarters of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday after it put an image of the Prophet Mohammad on its cover.

This week's edition shows a cartoon of Mohammad and a speech bubble with the words: "100 lashes if you don't die of laughter." It has the headline "Charia Hebdo," in a reference to Muslim sharia law, and says Mohammad guest-edited the issue.

Charlie Hebdo's website on Wednesday appeared to have been hacked and showed images of a mosque with the message "no God but Allah."

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