Charlie Hebdo

Charlie Hebdo’s history of provocation: From Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to Prophet Muhammad

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has earned notoriety for its ‘offensive’ cartoons. Now caricatures of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have angered the Islamic republic. A look at past controversies

Iran summons France ambassador over Charlie Hebdo cartoon on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

This week, Charlie Hebdo magazine released an edition titled 'January 7' with the theme 'Beat the mullage' to mark the anniversary of the deadly 2015 terrorist attack on its Paris offices

‘Salman Rushdie embodies freedom, fight against obscurantism’: Emmanuel Macron comes out in support of author

The French president took to Twitter to declare his solidarity with the British author, who was attacked during a literary event in New York on Friday. He said, ‘Rushdie’s battle is ours, a universal one. More than ever today, we stand by his side’

From beheading over Prophet remarks to ‘Kaali’ FIRs, religious hypersensitivity is the latest threat to India

People belonging to religious communities have developed a propensity to feel that their beliefs are under attack

Why liberals should not pick and choose outrages based on their whims and fancies

Liberals enthusiastically pick the Munawar Faruqui saga, but remain silent on the lynching of two sadhus by a mob in Maharashtra. This blinkeredness is not serving any true liberal clause in any real sense

Understand shock but violence cannot be justified, says Emmanuel Macron on Prophet's caricatures

Macron lashed out at 'distortions' from political leaders over the cartoons of the Prophet, saying too often people were led to believe that they were a creation of the French state

Days after Nice church attack, Greek priest shot at in France's Lyon; attacker at large

Police cordoned off the largely residential neighborhood around the church and warned the public on social networks to stay away

‘Angry people kill irrespective of religion’: Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad says after Twitter deletes his post justifying France attacks

Referring to the beheading of a French teacher, Mahathir said he did not approve of the murder but added that freedom of expression does not include ‘insulting other people’

Three dead in 'Islamist terrorist attack' in France's Nice; killer identified as 21-year-old Tunisian migrant

French president Emmanuel Macron, who quickly travelled to Nice, announced increased surveillance of churches by France's Sentinelle military patrols, which would be bolstered to 7,000 troops from 3,000

Emmanuel Macron could become European poster boy for India's right-wing  

The Hindu Right likes the Macron way of dealing with Islam. To them, it is unapologetic and outcome-oriented