French Mag to Publish Cartoons of Prophet Mohammed Tomorrow!

[geoffs]

They must have a death wish!

French Mag to Publish Cartoons of Prophet Mohammed
A French satirical magazine is set to publish several cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed on Wednesday, a move that is likely to inflame the Islamic faithful and militants who have already rioted in more than 20 countries over a movie mocking the prophet.

Depictions of the prophet are strictly prohibited and considered blasphemous by Muslims. Cartoons of Muhammad published in Denmark in 2005 and then reproduced in newspapers across Europe triggered riots throughout the Mideast and Africa. Churches and embassies were torched and at least 100 people died in the outbreaks and police crackdowns.

The magazine “Charlie Hebdo” has confirmed that it will publish the cartoons, but has not revealed what they will depict. French newspaper “Le Monde” reports that some of the cartoons show the prophet in “particularly explicit poses,” without providing any further detail.

The move comes as Muslims are still simmering after riots in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and nearly 20 other countries over the move “Innocence of Muslims.” U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

French government ministers have criticized the magazine’s decision and police in Paris have stepped up security around its offices.

France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim population, and the senior cleric at Paris’ biggest mosque has appealed for followers to remain calm, according to the French news agency AFP.

The magazine has defended the move by invoking the right to free speech. Speaking on French radio, the magazine’s director explained that a decision not to publish would “hand victory to a handful of extremists that are causing a commotion in the world and in France.”

It’s not the first time the anti-establishment, left-wing magazine has courted controversy. In 2011 the offices of “Charlie Hedbo” were bombed after it published an Arab Spring edition with the Prophet Muhammad as “guest editor” on the cover.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headline...phet-mohammed/

[mzkitty]

The magazine has defended the move by invoking the right to free speech. Speaking on French radio, the magazine’s director explained that a decision not to publish would “hand victory to a handful of extremists that are causing a commotion in the world and in France.”


Oh boy, I hope I don't have to start a France tweet grid. I can't speak French.

[Dobbin]

I think we should start our own Mohammed Cartoon fest. Well, maybe make it EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. Any cartoon that involves a religion?

Don't know how well this will go over. Many here are um, sensitive about their religions. And I certainly wouldn't want to OFFEND.

Me not an adherent of any formal religion myself I can at least start. And who better to start it with?



I'll get to the rest of you humans later?

No threat implied.

Dobbin

[SIRR1]

Sweet, this will take the heat off of us and the timing could not be better IMO!

Wait a minute I smell something stinky in France!

Why would anyone do something so foolish that will only stir up trouble and possibly get people injured or killed?

Is this is a move by the police in France to draw out the radicals so they can be deported...

This publisher must be looking for a way to drum up extra sales to increase profits because that is the only logical explanation that I can think of for such a stupid idea.

They will be lucky to get through this alive.

SIRR1

[Gercarson]

Let's just sit back for a couple of hours and see where the mushroom cloud brightens the sky.

[Vegas321]

Oh, make no mistake. They will riot across Europe and the Mid East. And people will die and property will be destroyed.

IMO, this smells rotten. Someone wants this chaos to occur.

[CGTech]

Yup. My thoughts exactly. Someone is trying to kick things up a notch.

[KenGin31]

I think they should put out something every day till they give up.

[Dennis Olson]

Where's that pic of the dog about to bite its own balls captioned "I predict this will end badly"...

[bad_karma00]

We appear to live in interesting times, indeed.

[TheDoberman]

Where's that pic of the dog about to bite its own balls captioned "I predict this will end badly"...

Lol, ha ha ha. I love that picture...

Anyway, I think the French are sick of the muslims, probably want to get things started. I think all of Europe is sick of the freaking disease that they are.

[Dobbin]

Where's that pic of the dog about to bite its own balls captioned "I predict this will end badly"...

Gosh Dennis. It's ALL over the Internet.

Dobbin

[mom2many]

I wonder if we will have to stop making jokes about the French surrenders, and if we our leaders are now becoming the joke.

The magazine has defended the move by invoking the right to free speech. Speaking on French radio, the magazine’s director explained that a decision not to publish would “hand victory to a handful of extremists that are causing a commotion in the world and in France.”


Oh boy, I hope I don't have to start a France tweet grid. I can't speak French.

[TXKajun]

Hmmm, the Danes did this a few years ago and riots broke out all over Europe. In Paris, there have been riots the last few years by unemployed "Arab youths" that burned down half of one of the slums. And they're gonna publish cartoons of Mohammed tomorrow.

Yep, I think this is gonna turn out badly. Now if we can just get that preacher to set a few Korans on fire, we outta be all set, right?? Lock and load!

(muttered under breath "IDIOTS!!")

Kajun

[Josie]

If, in fact, the French mag does publish these cartoons, I predict that there will still be the burning of the U.S. flag and the protesting at the U.S. embassies. Some how, this will all be our fault.

[My Adonai]

Yup. My thoughts exactly. Someone is trying to kick things up a notch.

Totally agree. It's too well-timed toward the last riots, which are just about over and the dust is just settling. TPTB trying to stir stuff up once more before all the rioters go back to their normal lives?

[minkykat]

But let us not forget:

In the end, it's Bush's fault!

[Fred's Horseradish]

I wonder if we will have to stop making jokes about the French surrenders, and if we our leaders are now becoming the joke.

Yes, the French have been knowN as the weak ones who surrender. They are proving otherwise.

[Housecarl]

Yes, the French have been know as the weak ones who surrender. They are proving otherwise.

Just a point, the average Poilu/Grognard was as hard core as Tommy/Digger/Kiwi, Doughboy/GI or Lands, never mind their opposite numbers in other nations forces.

The problem in the Franco-Prussian, First, Second, IndoChina and Algerian Wars was an issue of political and military leadership.

As for the motivation of publishing, I can see it as an independent action to preserve the rights of free speech in France and I can see it as an attempt by the new government to have an excuse to do all sorts of things in reaction.

Time will tell, as will the very likely blood on the streets.

[Hfcomms]

I agree that they have to know the ramifications of publication of those cartoons. Way to many rocking chairs in a room full of long tailed cats. And here is the pic..

[energy_wave]

Here is a taste of tomorrow!!! Only one hour away, I think...



There is also this cartoon movie...

Muhammad - The Last Prophet (Animated Cartoon) BEST QUALITY ON YOUTUBE

[maric]

The French will cause more trouble and want everybody else to bail them out. Now where have I heard this before?????????

[Rabbit]

Sweet, this will take the heat off of us and the timing could not be better IMO!

Wait a minute I smell something stinky in France!

Why would anyone do something so foolish that will only stir up trouble and possibly get people injured or killed?

Is this is a move by the police in France to draw out the radicals so they can be deported...

This publisher must be looking for a way to drum up extra sales to increase profits because that is the only logical explanation that I can think of for such a stupid idea.

They will be lucky to get through this alive.

SIRR1

Hey, just wait until the new Navy Seal movie comes out. White House endorsed too.

[Intestinal Fortitude]

Well, one can expect LOTS of cars to be torched.

[DustMusher]

Hmmm, the Danes did this a few years ago and riots broke out all over Europe. In Paris, there have been riots the last few years by unemployed "Arab youths" that burned down half of one of the slums. And they're gonna publish cartoons of Mohammed tomorrow.

Yep, I think this is gonna turn out badly. Now if we can just get that preacher to set a few Korans on fire, we outta be all set, right?? Lock and load!

(muttered under breath "IDIOTS!!")

Kajun

Maybe this is just a ploy to initiate a French Urban Renewal Project.

DM

[Waz1152]

What is so wrong with them doing this, oh that's right, they will "Offend" the Religion of Peace
If we did as they demand, then they have Won, everyone is so scared of them, understandable I guess, they go into Hysterics over nothing
Like someone above said, for now they (peace loving Muslims) will leave us in Oz alone, sadly I think this has the propensity for mass unrest, time to bring out the Rubber Bullets
Now Please don't go Insulting their Leader, Muhamismad, they will be upset

[twincougars]

Stupid people doing a stupid thing to deliberately provoke MEers. The timing is the indicator. Throwing gasoline on a fire. The Globalist PTB really want this war badly. Shit-for-brains all of them, including the Muzzie rioters.

[rodeorector]

When the rags start rioting the French will surrender.

[Ragnarok]

Stupid people doing a stupid thing to deliberately provoke MEers. The timing is the indicator. Throwing gasoline on a fire. The Globalist PTB really want this war badly. Shit-for-brains all of them, including the Muzzie rioters.

There ya go...

All orchestrated towards a desired outcome.

Problem-Reaction-Solution...

Trade wars-Currency wars-World wars...

We are being played by the same people who brought you World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the Gulf Wars, and they are funding both sides and they are the ones becoming rich and powerful on the blood and misery of you, me, and yes, the Muslims.

People on both sides need to pull back the curtain.

I am very curious as to who translated the "Innocence of the Muslims" and posted that on the internet...

...just sayin'...

[CGTech]

Latest update: 19/09/2012

France to close embassies in fear of cartoon backlash

France announced Wednesday it will close 20 embassies across the Muslim world on Friday after French weekly Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed naked, amid growing unrest over an anti-Islamic film that has left dozens dead.


The French foreign ministry announced Wednesday that France will close 20 of its embassies in Muslim countries this Friday following the publication of controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons by satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Major protests in the Muslim world generally take place after Friday prayers.

The illustrations, which show the Prophet Mohammed naked and refer to the incendiary US-made film which has been fueling deadly unrest among Muslim communities for over a week, hit newsstands across France on Wednesday.

The magazine's editor, Stephane Charbonnier, told reporters that the pictures, which are printed on the back page, will "shock those who will want to be shocked."

But the French government condemned the decision to go ahead with publication amid a global uprising ignited by the American anti-Islam video which ridicules the Prophet Mohammed. Dozens of people have been killed during the unrest, including the US ambassador to Libya, who was targeted at the consulate in Benghazi by suspected fundamentalists.

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that while he respects freedom of expression, he sees “no point in such a provocation.” Stressing that the French government would never encourage the cartoons’ publication, he called for “reason to prevail.” Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault issued a statement Tuesday saying: “In the current climate, the prime minister wishes to stress his disapproval of all excess and calls on everyone to behave responsibly.”

No backing down

It’s not the first time that Charlie Hebdo, which is celebrated for its irreverent treatment of politicians and public figures, has courted controversy with the Muslim community. In November last year the Paris offices of the paper were firebombed after it published a mocking caricature of Mohammad on its front page.

Editor Charbonnier, originally a cartoonist who uses the name Charb, told French news channel iTele on Tuesday that the paper “does caricatures of everyone, and above all every week, but when we do it with the Prophet, it’s called provocation,” adding that if Charlie Hebdo stopped printing satirical work because of pressure or fear of offence, it would be reduced to selling 16 blank pages every week.


http://www.france24.com/en/20120919-...o-french-paper







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Representations of Allah or Mohammad are considered as blasphemous to Muslims. The main Islamic body in France, the French Muslim Council (CFCM), accused Charlie Hebdo of firing up anti-Muslim sentiment at a sensitive time. “There is profound indignation at the publication of these cartoons,” leader Mohammed Moussaoui told FRANCE 24, describing the cartoons as “unjust” and “Islamophobic”. But Mouassoui also called on France’s Muslim community – which is the biggest in Europe – to “rise above their anger and not give in to the provocation”.

Pascal Boniface, who heads France’s International and Strategic Relations Institute (IRIS), tweeted on Wednesday morning that Charlie Hebdo “is not Islamophobic, but simply opportunist, cynical, and without scruples.”

But with calls already circulating on social networks and the internet for weekend protests over the US film that originally sparked unrest, concerns that the Charlie Hebdo cartoons could exacerbate the situation are mounting.

[SuElPo]

Whatever happened to watching Mickey Mouse?

susan

[Marthanoir]

French magazine publishes cartoons of Prophet Muhammad

The magazine's front cover showed an Orthodox Jew pushing a turbaned figure in a wheelchair and several caricatures of the Prophet were included on its inside pages, including some of him naked.
The publication comes after widespread outrage over an anti-Muslim film posted on the internet.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius criticised Charlie Hebdo's decision as a provocation and said he had ordered security increased at French diplomatic offices in the Muslim world.
French Embassies and schools in 20 countries will be shut on Friday over fears of unrest.
Charlie Hebdo's Paris offices were fire bombed last November after it published a mocking caricature of Muhammad.
In 2005, Danish cartoons of the Prophet sparked a wave of violent protests across the Muslim world that killed at least 50 people.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0919/cha...-muhammad.html

[Marthanoir]

France to close embassies in fear of cartoon backlash

France announced Wednesday it will close 20 embassies across the Muslim world on Friday after French weekly Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed naked, amid growing unrest over an anti-Islamic film that has left dozens dead.

The French foreign ministry announced Wednesday that France will close 20 of its embassies in Muslim countries this Friday following the publication of controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons by satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Major protests in the Muslim world generally take place after Friday prayers.

The illustrations, which show the Prophet Mohammed naked and refer to the incendiary US-made film which has been fueling deadly unrest among Muslim communities for over a week, hit newsstands across France on Wednesday.

The magazine's editor, Stephane Charbonnier, told reporters that the pictures, which are printed on the back page, will "shock those who will want to be shocked."

FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS PROVOCATION

But the French government condemned the decision to go ahead with publication amid a global uprising ignited by the American anti-Islam video which ridicules the Prophet Mohammed. Dozens of people have been killed during the unrest, including the US ambassador to Libya, who was targeted at the consulate in Benghazi by suspected fundamentalists.

Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that while he respects freedom of expression, he sees “no point in such a provocation.” Stressing that the French government would never encourage the cartoons’ publication, he called for “reason to prevail.” Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault issued a statement Tuesday saying: “In the current climate, the prime minister wishes to stress his disapproval of all excess and calls on everyone to behave responsibly.”

No backing down

It’s not the first time that Charlie Hebdo, which is celebrated for its irreverent treatment of politicians and public figures, has courted controversy with the Muslim community. In November last year the Paris offices of the paper were firebombed after it published a mocking caricature of Mohammad on its front page.

Editor Charbonnier, originally a cartoonist who uses the name Charb, told French news channel iTele on Tuesday that the paper “does caricatures of everyone, and above all every week, but when we do it with the Prophet, it’s called provocation,” adding that if Charlie Hebdo stopped printing satirical work because of pressure or fear of offence, it would be reduced to selling 16 blank pages every week.

'FRENCH MUSLIMS MUST REMAIN CALM'

Representations of Allah or Mohammad are considered as blasphemous to Muslims. The main Islamic body in France, the French Muslim Council (CFCM), accused Charlie Hebdo of firing up anti-Muslim sentiment at a sensitive time. “There is profound indignation at the publication of these cartoons,” leader Mohammed Moussaoui told FRANCE 24, describing the cartoons as “unjust” and “Islamophobic”. But Mouassoui also called on France’s Muslim community – which is the biggest in Europe – to “rise above their anger and not give in to the provocation”.

Pascal Boniface, who heads France’s International and Strategic Relations Institute (IRIS), tweeted on Wednesday morning that Charlie Hebdo “is not Islamophobic, but simply opportunist, cynical, and without scruples.”

But with calls already circulating on social networks and the internet for weekend protests over the US film that originally sparked unrest, concerns that the Charlie Hebdo cartoons could exacerbate the situation are mounting.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120919-...o-french-paper

[mzkitty]

France to close its embassies and schools in 20 countries on Friday because of Prophet Muhammad cartoons and film backlash fears - @Reuters

2 hours ago by editor

France steps up security at its embassies as satirical magazine publishes cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad - @AFP

3 hours ago from wires.univision.com by editor

More: French PM says anyone offended by the cartoons could take the matter to the courts, defends free speech - @AFP

3 hours ago from www.naharnet.com by editor

French PM: Courts Can Hear Case Against Anti-Muslim Cartoons
by Naharnet Newsdesk 6 hours ago

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Wednesday anyone offended by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed published in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo could take the matter to the courts.

But he emphasized France's tradition of free speech. "We are in a country where freedom of expression is guaranteed, including the freedom to caricature," he said on RTL radio.

The cover of Charlie Hebdo shows a Muslim man in a wheelchair being pushed by an Orthodox Jew under the title "Intouchables 2", referring to a French film about a poor black man who helps an aristocratic quadriplegic.

"If people really feel offended in their beliefs and think there has been an infringement of the law -- and we are in a state where laws must be totally respected -- they can go to court," Ayrault said.

He also said a request to hold a demonstration in Paris against the controversial U.S.-made anti-Islam film which has sparked furious protests across the Muslim world would be refused.

He said the request had been lodged but would be turned down "because there is no reason to allow conflicts that do not concern France into our country".

Charlie Hebdo is no stranger to controversy over its handling of issues relating to Islam.

Last year it published an edition "guest-edited" by the Prophet Mohammed that it called Sharia Hebdo. The magazine's offices in Paris were subsequently fire-bombed.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/5...uslim-cartoons

[dvo]

Maybe the French view freedom of speech as more valuable than does the USA. If so...sad for us.

[Marthanoir]

France to ban prophet film protests


France’s prime minister said today that a planned demonstration by people angry over a film produced in the United States which insults the Prophet Mohammed will not be allowed to go ahead.

Jean-Marc Ayrault said organisers of Saturday’s protest against the film Innocence Of Muslims will not receive police authorisation.

Mr Ayrault told French radio RTL today: “There’s no reason for us to let a conflict that doesn’t concern France come into our country. We are a republic that has no intention of being intimidated by anyone.”

A wave of protest has swept some Muslim countries over the amateurish video posted online. The total number of deaths linked to unrest over the film is at least 28.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/fra...ts-567461.html

[Halfdar]

I know I don't know much, but I don't see the problem here. Stepping back from the usual nose-to-nose viewpoint, it is obvious to me that this whole situation is not going away any time soon. It seems sensible to me to force this issue, get it out in the open, expose the intentions of the raghead crowd, get them worked up, let them burn whatever it is and then deal with them, like one would any other insurrection or violent display of stupidity.
My point is that it seems to me that there are far too many secrets, too many back-room deals, too many things that have been done already, in the shadows, so as to advance this global muslim agenda, such that when we find about this measure or that resolution it has already been done. We are being presented with too many fait accomplis, and that needs to stop.
One way to do that, obviously, is to force an acceleration of the timeframe, beyond the implementation speed that has been allowed for. We know they are up to no good, so why not provoke them? Piss them off? Anger them beyond capacity for rational thought, of such is even possible?
This needs to be kickstarted, so that we can have a say in choosing the battlefield, rather than being constantly reactive to their bullshit. It is nice to see the French doing something helpful, for once.

God Bless America, and all who stand with her

[Marthanoir]

So we had a put up job of a cheap movie that inflamed the muzzies around the world, pigging backing on that we now have a French magazine printing pictures of Mohd in the buff, anybody get the feeling this is a stich up?

[Halfdar]

So we had a put up job of a cheap movie that inflamed the muzzies around the world, pigging backing on that we now have a French magazine printing pictures of Mohd in the buff, anybody get the feeling this is a stich up?

So what if it is? This is my point. If this is deliberate, then so be it. Al least we can have a straight fight, instead of all this sneaking around. This presumes that you agree that this situation will eventually come to organised bloodshed, there is no way around it, so that being the case I would prefer to be the guy to call the ball, instead of waiting to receive whatever they're going to lob next.

[homepark]

Perhaps we can start a "Mo cartoon of the day" contest here?

I am sick and tired of these muzzies and their easy offense taking. Grow the fook up!