Charlie Hebdo, 50 years of satire over holy

In 2006, the magazine dared reprint 12 controversial cartoons, on the prophet Muhamed of the Danish newspaper “Jyllands- Posten”

With a sense of inflammatory humor and a rebellious spirit, the satirical French weekly “Charlie Hedbo” has never given up the irony on the tip of his tongue, as well as the protection of individual rights and freedoms. Starting in 1960, when the magazine was still labelled in public as “Hara-Kiri”, while baptizing itself as “a stupid and bad newspaper”, was involved in the struggle of unnumbered controversy.

In 1970, in the case of former President Charles De Gaulle's death, Hebdo shocked France with a cover-up entitled “Bal Tragique Columbia”, a tragic dance at Columbia. An initiative the Interior Ministry censored, both with the publishing block and with the removal of staff rights, then headed by Francois Cavanna to publish.

However, cartoonists and journalists did not give up, and soon avoided censorship, giving life to “Charlie Hebdo”, a title inspired by the famous Charlie Brown of the Peanuts. Astended generally near left-wing circles, though sharply critical of centre-left experts, Hebdo would have made news again in 1992, with the publication of a forum discussion, entitled “intellectual error”, dedicated to the work of Oriana Falacaki, “Zymand pride”.

The article was about a <x0-cysisan” of Islam in the West. These words, which provoke a host of controversy and charges of racist content. But the peak of the fame for “Hebdo” was in 2006, when it became known for international audience with the decision to reprint the 12 controversial cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, published earlier by Danish newspaper “Jyllands-Posten”. Within the day, sales increased from 140 to 400 thousand copies, razing the Islamic world and pushing the French Council of Muslim Beliefs to seek the withdrawal of copies from the stands.

Charged for racism, then director of the magazine Philippe Val was acquitted a year later by a French court. The battle against taboos of Islamic extremism has continued from time to time until the final provocation: the special number, dedicated to the victory of Islamists in Tunisia, writes the world.al.

On the main cover was an image, named by Muslims as sacrilege, of the prophet Muhammad, who promises a hundred lashes if you don't die laughing”. “Yes, Islam adapts to humor” -- wrote editors of the satirical weekly, next to the Islamic prophet with a red gas nose. Before the publication arrived on newspaper stands, the magazine headquarters was destroyed by a fire caused by the throwing of a cocktail.