Charlie Hebdo Incident Flashcards
What type of magazine was this?
A satirical magazine
What did the magazine publish?
They published a satirical cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad offending a minority
What happened as a result?
Men went in to shoot the employees of the company
What did protestors in Pakistan do?
25,000 men went on a march
What were they shouting
“Death to France”
“Death to the Blasphemers”
We are ready to sacrifice life for Muhammad”
What did many people feel the shootings were an attack on?
Freedom of Speech
What do people believe is a middle standard?
They believe there is a middle standard as free speech only applies to those who are allowed to mock Islam whilst Muslim’s are penalised for expressing their own provocative views
What are people in Britain fearful of?
Criticising Islam
What did Chancellor George Osborn say?
“Magazines should publish what they want without fearing that armed gunmen are going to come through the door and kill them”
What quotation highlights many opinions of the incident?
“The murders had nothing to do with Islam, Muslims or Islamic blasphemy laws. They certainly did have something to do with Western foreign policy or domestic Islamophobia. But by the way Charlie Hebdo is a racist magazine”
