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16-01-2016, 12:40 AM
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(CNN)After a year in which it has never been far from the headlines, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is back in the news again -- this time for a cartoon that critics say pushes its provocative brand of humor too far.
The publication has sparked outrage for a cartoon that suggests drowned toddler Alan Kurdi -- the 3-year-old Syrian boy whose death in September triggered a global wave of sympathy for migrants -- would have grown up to be a sexual molester of the type blamed for a recent wave of mob sex assaults in Cologne, Germany.
Drawn by the magazine's acting editor Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau -- who was in the Charlie Hebdo offices last January when 11 of his colleagues were killed by Islamist terrorists -- the cartoon shows two men chasing terrified women, their tongues out and arms outstretched.
Titled "Migrants," the cartoon's text reads: "What would little Aylan have grown up to be? (A) groper in Germany." (When the picture first surfaced, government documents called him "Aylan," but the child's father has told CNN his name was Alan.)
This controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoon by acting editor Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau reads: "What would little Aylan have grown up to be? (A) groper in Germany."
Inset is a rendering of the famous photograph of Alan lying facedown on a Turkish beach, which was widely credited for changing attitudes toward the more than 1 million migrants who entered Europe's borders last year, many of them fleeing conflict in the Middle East.
The cartoon references the unprecedented spate of mob sex attacks that was reported in Cologne and other European cities during New Year's Eve celebrations, which saw hundreds of women report being sexually assaulted or robbed by men of North African or Arab appearance.
The episode has sent shockwaves through Europe, unleashing a wave of anti-migrant sentiment in stark contrast to the outpouring of public goodwill toward refugees inspired by the little boy's death months earlier.
Racist and offensive?
The cartoon sparked an immediate reaction on social media, with many labeling it offensive and racist, and many questioning whether the masses of people around the world who tweeted #JeSuisCharlie in solidarity after the January 2015 attacks would feel the same way in light of the cartoon.
"This disgustingly racist Charlie Hebdo cartoon makes me question 'Je suis Charlie' in its entirety," tweeted Australian journalist Ebony Bowden.
This disgustingly racist Charlie Hebdo cartoon makes me question "Je suis Charlie" in its entirety https://t.co/qyPF6auF7o
— Ebony Bowden (@ebonybowden) January 13, 2016
"I wonder how many lovers Charlie Hebdo has now?" tweeted George Galloway, a former British MP and London mayoral candidate. "A disgusting racist Islamophic cartoon of little Aylan Kurdi later..."But others defended the cartoon.
Maajid Nawaz, chairman of London-based counterextremism think tank Quilliam, argued in Facebook posts that critics missed the point of the cartoon, and others in the issue, as a critique of fickle European attitudes to migrants.
"Taste is always in the eye of the beholder," he wrote. "But these cartoons are a damning indictment on our anti-refugee sentiment."
"Stop trying to make '(Charlie Hebdo) is racist' happen," tweeted Twitter user @Chriss_m.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/14/eu...o-aylan-kurdi/ (http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/14/europe/france-charlie-hebdo-aylan-kurdi/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?223494-Charlie-Hebdo-Publish-Racist-Comic-About-Syrian-Refugees!-Muslims-Outraged!-Racism!&goto=newpost).
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160114172243-charlie-hebdo-aylan-kurdi-cartoon-exlarge-169.jpg
(CNN)After a year in which it has never been far from the headlines, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is back in the news again -- this time for a cartoon that critics say pushes its provocative brand of humor too far.
The publication has sparked outrage for a cartoon that suggests drowned toddler Alan Kurdi -- the 3-year-old Syrian boy whose death in September triggered a global wave of sympathy for migrants -- would have grown up to be a sexual molester of the type blamed for a recent wave of mob sex assaults in Cologne, Germany.
Drawn by the magazine's acting editor Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau -- who was in the Charlie Hebdo offices last January when 11 of his colleagues were killed by Islamist terrorists -- the cartoon shows two men chasing terrified women, their tongues out and arms outstretched.
Titled "Migrants," the cartoon's text reads: "What would little Aylan have grown up to be? (A) groper in Germany." (When the picture first surfaced, government documents called him "Aylan," but the child's father has told CNN his name was Alan.)
This controversial Charlie Hebdo cartoon by acting editor Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau reads: "What would little Aylan have grown up to be? (A) groper in Germany."
Inset is a rendering of the famous photograph of Alan lying facedown on a Turkish beach, which was widely credited for changing attitudes toward the more than 1 million migrants who entered Europe's borders last year, many of them fleeing conflict in the Middle East.
The cartoon references the unprecedented spate of mob sex attacks that was reported in Cologne and other European cities during New Year's Eve celebrations, which saw hundreds of women report being sexually assaulted or robbed by men of North African or Arab appearance.
The episode has sent shockwaves through Europe, unleashing a wave of anti-migrant sentiment in stark contrast to the outpouring of public goodwill toward refugees inspired by the little boy's death months earlier.
Racist and offensive?
The cartoon sparked an immediate reaction on social media, with many labeling it offensive and racist, and many questioning whether the masses of people around the world who tweeted #JeSuisCharlie in solidarity after the January 2015 attacks would feel the same way in light of the cartoon.
"This disgustingly racist Charlie Hebdo cartoon makes me question 'Je suis Charlie' in its entirety," tweeted Australian journalist Ebony Bowden.
This disgustingly racist Charlie Hebdo cartoon makes me question "Je suis Charlie" in its entirety https://t.co/qyPF6auF7o
— Ebony Bowden (@ebonybowden) January 13, 2016
"I wonder how many lovers Charlie Hebdo has now?" tweeted George Galloway, a former British MP and London mayoral candidate. "A disgusting racist Islamophic cartoon of little Aylan Kurdi later..."But others defended the cartoon.
Maajid Nawaz, chairman of London-based counterextremism think tank Quilliam, argued in Facebook posts that critics missed the point of the cartoon, and others in the issue, as a critique of fickle European attitudes to migrants.
"Taste is always in the eye of the beholder," he wrote. "But these cartoons are a damning indictment on our anti-refugee sentiment."
"Stop trying to make '(Charlie Hebdo) is racist' happen," tweeted Twitter user @Chriss_m.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/14/eu...o-aylan-kurdi/ (http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/14/europe/france-charlie-hebdo-aylan-kurdi/)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?223494-Charlie-Hebdo-Publish-Racist-Comic-About-Syrian-Refugees!-Muslims-Outraged!-Racism!&goto=newpost).