Around three million copies of the French satirical newspaper hit the stands yesterday morning for the first since the terror attack on its office which killed 12 people.
The front cover showed a weeping Mohammed, holding a sign reading ‘I am Charlie’ with the words ‘All is forgiven’ above him.
Such was its immediate popularity, that the print run has since been increased to five million after issues sold out within minutes.
The Charlie Hedbo office in paris was attacked by Islamic terrorist brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi in response to the magazine depicting Mohammed in an unfavorable light.
The front cover showed a weeping Mohammed, holding a sign reading ‘I am Charlie’ with the words ‘All is forgiven’ above him.
Such was its immediate popularity, that the print run has since been increased to five million after issues sold out within minutes.
The decision to depict the Prophet angered many Muslims, who called it a renewed insult to their religion
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PM Benjamin Netanyahu became a central figure in the response to the
Paris terror attacks after four Jewish shoppers were killed by one of
the Islamic fanatics.
Dozens
of gathered to vent their fury at the Cumhuriyet newspaper, which
included cartoons and articles from Charlie Hebdo’s latest ‘survivor’
edition
The Charlie Hedbo office in paris was attacked by Islamic terrorist brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi in response to the magazine depicting Mohammed in an unfavorable light.
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