THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo have been destroyed by a petrol bomb, a day after it named the Prophet Mohammed as its “editor-in-chief” for this week’s issue.
The fiercely anti-clerical magazine said the move, which included renaming the publication “Sharia Hebdo”, was intended to "celebrate" the victory of Islamist party Ennhada in Tunisia's election.
Charlie Hedbo's editor-in-chief, known as Charb, told France Info radio: "We no longer have a newspaper. All our equipment has been destroyed or has melted."
No injuries have been reported[.]
A single Molotov cocktail was thrown at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris’s 20th arrondissement at around 1am. The ensuing fire was rapidly put out, but a large amount of material in the office was destroyed, police said.
“We cannot, today, put together a paper,” said Charb. “But we will do everything possible to do one next week. Whatever happens, we’ll do it. There is no question of giving in,” he said, adding that the magazine is filing a legal complaint against persons unkown.
According to Europe 1 radio, police are searching for two suspects seen near the scene.
Charlie Hebdo's website has also been hacked with a message in English and Turkish cursing the magazine.
The message said: "You keep abusing Islam's almighty Prophet with disgusting and disgraceful cartoons using excuses of freedom of speech.
"Be God's curse upon you!" » | Henry Samuel, Paris | Wednesday, November 02, 2011-11-02
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LE FIGARO: Un incendie criminel ravage
le siège de Charlie Hebdo : Les locaux parisiens du journal satirique, qui sort aujourd'hui un numéro sur la charia, ont été attaqués au cocktail molotov. Son site Internet a par ailleurs été piraté. » | Par lefigaro.fr | mercredi 02 novembre 2011
REUTERS FRANCE: Les locaux de l'hebdomadaire Charlie Hebdo incendiés : PARIS - Un incendie s'est déclaré dans les locaux parisiens de l'hebdomadaire satirique Charlie Hebdo dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi sans faire de victimes, a déclaré à Reuters une source policière, alors que le magazine publie un numéro renommé "Charia Hebdo". ¶ Selon le directeur de la publication de Charlie Hebdo, Stéphane Charbonnier, l'incendie, qui a détruit la rédaction du journal, a été provoqué par un cocktail Molotov. » | Marine Pennetier et Matthias Blamont, édité par Patrick Vignal | mercredi 02 novembre 2011
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Das französisches Satire-Magazin "Charlie Hebdo" ist Ziel eines Anschlags geworden: Unbekannte schleuderten einen Molotow-Cocktail in das Büro der Redaktion. Die Zeitschrift zeigt in einem Sonderheft zum Wahlerfolg der Islamisten in Tunesien den Propheten Mohammed auf dem Cover.
Paris - Für die Redaktion der satirischen Wochenzeitung "Charlie Hebdo" war es ein kleiner Scherz: Ihre Sonderausgabe zum Wahlsieg der islamistischen Partei al-Nahda in Tunesien hatte sie kurzerhand in "Scharia Hebdo" unbekannt, dazu gibt es auf dem Cover eine Darstellung des Propheten Mohammed. "100 Peitschenhiebe, wenn Sie sich nicht totgelacht haben", steht dazu neben Mohammed in einer Sprechblase. Der Prophet war zudem zu einer Art Chefredakteur ernannt worden. Man habe damit den Sieg der al-Nahda in Tunesien "feiern" wollen, hieß es. » | heb/ala/hen/dpa/AFP | Mittwoch 02. November 2011
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My comment:
Newspaper columnists should be outraged by what happened in France today. But no; they'd rather appease. It's all rather pathetic. How many newspapers have had the guts to print the cartoons? How many newspapers have had the guts to print the front page of "Charia Hebdo"? As things stand, everyone is sh** scared of Muslims. At this rate, all the freedoms that our forefathers fought and died for will soon be gone – for ever! – © Mark
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