Moi aussi, je suis un Charlie!

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"Moi aussi, je suis un Charlie!"
(I, too, am Charlie!)


How much should freedom of the press, and freedom of speech, be honoured, or respected?  

By now many of us are familiar with the Twitter generated slogan of solidarity "je suis Charlie!" 01  Je suis Charlie trended at the top of Twitter hashtags on 7 January, the day of the attack. 02 Charlie Hebdo: new cover featuring Prophet Mohammed launched - live.  The magazine's latest 'Je suis Charlie' edition is published across the world a week after the attacks in Paris which killed 17 including nine Charlie Hebdo journalists

A prominent Saudi cleric, Sheikh Ahmed al-Ghamedi, told AFP that publication of the latest image was a mistake.

"It's not a good way to make the people understand us. Jesus or Moses, all messengers (of God) we should respect," and should not be made fun of in pictures or words, Mr Ghamedi said. "I believe it will make more problems."


I agree that the printing of that cover did not foster, or strengthen, any relationships between non-Muslims, and Muslims.  But, I believe that we cannot allow any group to dictate to the press what they may or may not print.  There isn't, I believe, anything in print that does not offend somebody.  We certainly cannot condone the killing of journalist simply because we are offended by what they print!



01  www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world…
02   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je_suis_…
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Yelling "God is Great" (Allahu akbar) while killing His children is religiously a complete nosense. I'm french, and je suis aussi Charlie. Also really worried and tired because a friend of mine, a muslim, says he's not Charlie. He does'nt agree with the killing but has always though that Charlie Hebdo broke through the limits of freedom of speach... it's hard to make him understand he's wrong...