With special events across France and ceremonies to be attended by President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anna Hidalgo, the 17 people killed in the terrorist attacks on the satirical magazine are being commemorated today Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket was killed by Islamists exactly ten years ago, reports say Radio France Internationale. In commemoration of the anniversary of the attacks, readers will also receive a special Charlie Hebdo a double issue that publishes reader-submitted cartoons featuring god, as well as a survey of French citizens’ attitudes towards religious cartoons, blasphemy and freedom of speech.
The violent three-day Islamist attacks that shocked France a decade ago reverberated around the world, sparking heated debates about free speech and religious sensitivities. They led to a series of Islamist attacks in France in 2015 and 2016, in which more than 250 people lost their lives. The attackers, who left the weekly magazine’s editorial office after the massacre, brandishing weapons, shouted: “We killed Charlie Hebdo!” But ten years after the attack Charlie Hebdo still comes out, continuing the tradition of criticizing and ridiculing religion as well. Defenders of freedom of speech consider it a fundamental right won in centuries-long battles against the influence of the Catholic Church, writes AFP. True, the editorial staff of the magazine now works in a secret, specially guarded office. Some of the employees are provided with 24-hour security. The threat of Islamist attacks in France and elsewhere in Europe remains high, exacerbated by the escalation in the Middle East.
I Am Charlie
On January 7, 2015, brothers Sherif and Saeed Kouashi, armed with firearms, invaded Charlie Hebdo in the newsroom, shooting 11 people and wounding another 11. Another person was shot by the attackers while fleeing the scene of the attack. The attackers, who had pledged their allegiance to the Islamist group Al Qaeda Yemen branch, had also announced that the attack was in retaliation for the fact that Charlie Hebdo had published cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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