The new cover sounds very apropos to me after what happened, and hopefully the French Muslims will just turn a blind eye if the cover annoys them.
French Muslim groups call for calm over new Charlie Hebdo cover
Publish Date: Jan 13, 2015
PARIS - French Muslim groups called for calm and respect for freedom of opinion on Tuesday ahead of the release of the new issue of Charlie Hebdo magazine which features a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
The French Council of the Muslim Religion and the Union of French Islamic Organisations released a joint statement calling for the Muslim community to "stay calm and avoid emotive reactions that are incompatible with its dignity ... while respecting freedom of opinion."
The new issue of Charlie Hebdo is to be published on Wednesday, a week after two jihadist gunmen stormed the Paris offices of the satirical magazine, killing 12 people.
Its cover features the prophet with a tear in his eye, holding a "Je Suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) under the headline "All is forgiven"
French cartoonist Renald Luzier, aka Luz (C), holds up the new issue of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, flanked by editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo Gerard Briard (L) and editorialist Dr Patrick Pelloux, during a press conference to present the new issue at the offices of French newspaper Liberation in Paris on January 13, 2015. A defiant Charlie Hebdo cover of a crying Prophet Mohammed above the slogan "All is Forgiven" was reproduced by media around the world on January 13, its first sin
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French Muslim groups call for calm over new Charlie Hebdo cover
Publish Date: Jan 13, 2015
PARIS - French Muslim groups called for calm and respect for freedom of opinion on Tuesday ahead of the release of the new issue of Charlie Hebdo magazine which features a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
The French Council of the Muslim Religion and the Union of French Islamic Organisations released a joint statement calling for the Muslim community to "stay calm and avoid emotive reactions that are incompatible with its dignity ... while respecting freedom of opinion."
The new issue of Charlie Hebdo is to be published on Wednesday, a week after two jihadist gunmen stormed the Paris offices of the satirical magazine, killing 12 people.
Its cover features the prophet with a tear in his eye, holding a "Je Suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) under the headline "All is forgiven"
French cartoonist Renald Luzier, aka Luz (C), holds up the new issue of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, flanked by editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo Gerard Briard (L) and editorialist Dr Patrick Pelloux, during a press conference to present the new issue at the offices of French newspaper Liberation in Paris on January 13, 2015. A defiant Charlie Hebdo cover of a crying Prophet Mohammed above the slogan "All is Forgiven" was reproduced by media around the world on January 13, its first sin
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