Resent how Charlie Hebdo cartoonists were vilified as racists: Salman Rushdie
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAuthor Salman Rushdie, who lived for years under a death threat after his 1988 book The Satanic Verses said on Wednesday the right to free speech is absolute or else it isn't free.
Prophet Mohammed holds Je Suis Charlie sign: New issue of Charlie Hebdo sells out in minutes
Fp Archives • 10 years agoCharlie Hebdo's defiant new issue sold out before dawn around Paris on Wednesday, with scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the paper fronting the Prophet Muhammad.
Three million strong: Defiant Charlie Hebdo back on stands with fresh Mohammed cartoon
Fp Archives • 10 years agoControversial weekly Charlie Hebdo, which lampoons everyone from the president to the pope, has become a symbol of freedom of expression in the wake of the bloodshed.
Baffled and afraid, Charlie Hebdo mascot Lila the spaniel, searches for her cartoonist friends
Fp Staff • 10 years agoDuring the terrorist attack, Lila, the dog miraculously escaped the massacre. According to the newspaper La Repubblica, the cocker who now has become the mascot of Charlie Hebdo.
Terror funding, attack weapons came from abroad: France
Fp Archives • 10 years agoFrance says that the weapons used came from abroad, as authorities in several countries searched for possible accomplices and the sources of financing for last week's attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
'All is forgiven': Charlie Hebdo's new cover shows Prophet Muhammad holding 'Je Suis Charlie' sign
Fp Archives • 10 years agoCharlie Hebdo released a front page of what it called the "survivors' issue", featuring a crying Muhammed in a white turban and holding a sign that reads "Je suis Charlie" under the words: "All is forgiven".
As many as 6 Paris terror suspects may still be at large, says French police
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAs many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the Paris attacks may still be at large, says the French police.
Charlie Hebdo attack: Cartoonists across world draw for slain colleagues
Fp Archives • 10 years agoCartoonists around the world reacted to the cold-bloodied assassination of their colleagues at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as only they can: with powerful drawings worth thousands of words.
No tear gas, no angry demands: Quarrelsome French march against terrorism in biggest rally in Paris
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThis time it was for democratic values that include the right to freedom of expression. These are values that the terror attacks by three French citizens, all Islamist radicals, sought to undermine, it is widely agreed — and force the nation that gave birth to the Enlightenment to go dark.
Paris attack: JK Rowling takes down Rupert Murdoch over anti-Muslim tweet
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThe Harry Potter author responded sharply to Murdoch's tweet that while "Maybe most Moslems peaceful," all were responsible for "growing jihadist cancer" until they worked to destroy it.