On January 7, 2015 masked gunmen stormed into a French news magazine, Charlie Hebdo’s office and killed twelve people. Charlie Hebdo is a satirical magazine that depicts non-conformist ideas and makes a jabs at certain beliefs. One of Charlie Hebdo’s favorite things to make a jab at was God. The shooting created outrage and out of the outrage and through the media “Je Suis Charlie” or “I am Charlie” was created. "I was deeply shocked, but I wasn't frightened," Roncin recalls. Sitting at his desk, he decided to adopt the font of the Charlie Hebdo masthead into a simple black and white image that said "Je Suis Charlie". He posted it on Twitter” (Devichand, How the world was changed by the slogan 'Je Suis Charlie’). People then posted “Je Suis
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These cartoons caused Muslims to retaliate and some Muslim radicals began to make threats. “In 2012, France temporarily closed its embassies and schools in more than 20 countries to prevent potential terrorism attacks because of Charlie Hebdo's Prophet Muhammad cartoons”( Silvia, Charlie Hebdo Attack: The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) Cartoons That May Have Caused Paris Magazine Massacre). In turn the cartoons were justified as a piece of freedom of speech. "Just because Muslims refuse to portray the prophet, there’s no reason why non-Muslims should feel compelled by the same restrictions and fear retribution if they go ahead with picturing Islam’s founder," the Independent wrote in 2013” (Silvia, Charlie Hebdo Attack: The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) Cartoons That May Have Caused Paris Magazine Massacre). The cartoons caused a controversy among people where the question was: Is this promoting more racism or is it promoting the right to have freedom of speech? The shooting of Charlie Hebdo and the aggression from Muslims caused Islamophobia to grow and people to side with liberty more than a religion that was after the religion was being portrayed as aggressive, controlling, and …show more content…
My opinion might be biased, and unpopular, but what Charlie Hebdo did was outright wrong. Everyone should have the Freedom of Speech, but it should be used wisely. What Charlie Hebdo did was abuse the power by creating offensive cartoons at which I wince whenever I look while asking God for forgiveness while looking at them. Most people argue that what Charlie Hebdo did was right, but it targeted a large group of people and ridicule out of what they believe in as a whole al though they are divided in separate groups. I’m not siding with the shooters, what they did was completely wrong, but why should a whole religion be blamed for what a few radical Muslims did. If a non -Muslim commits a crime he/she was a troubled person an example is shown through the Planned Parenthood incident. In Muslim communities Muslims that are a part of radical groups are not part of Islam. “Je Suis Charlie” might have fought for the freedom of speech, but it also created Islamophobia all around Europe and America putting innocent Muslim lives in danger. Mosques, women wearing hijabs, and men with beards and turbans are now a target of violence all around the world. In America we now have two Presidential candidates who are against Islam and are racist. Another thing that bother me was “Je Suis Paris”. This was said for Paris after the bombing and everyone mourned, but almost nobody did this for
These cartoons caused Muslims to retaliate and some Muslim radicals began to make threats. “In 2012, France temporarily closed its embassies and schools in more than 20 countries to prevent potential terrorism attacks because of Charlie Hebdo's Prophet Muhammad cartoons”( Silvia, Charlie Hebdo Attack: The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) Cartoons That May Have Caused Paris Magazine Massacre). In turn the cartoons were justified as a piece of freedom of speech. "Just because Muslims refuse to portray the prophet, there’s no reason why non-Muslims should feel compelled by the same restrictions and fear retribution if they go ahead with picturing Islam’s founder," the Independent wrote in 2013” (Silvia, Charlie Hebdo Attack: The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) Cartoons That May Have Caused Paris Magazine Massacre). The cartoons caused a controversy among people where the question was: Is this promoting more racism or is it promoting the right to have freedom of speech? The shooting of Charlie Hebdo and the aggression from Muslims caused Islamophobia to grow and people to side with liberty more than a religion that was after the religion was being portrayed as aggressive, controlling, and …show more content…
My opinion might be biased, and unpopular, but what Charlie Hebdo did was outright wrong. Everyone should have the Freedom of Speech, but it should be used wisely. What Charlie Hebdo did was abuse the power by creating offensive cartoons at which I wince whenever I look while asking God for forgiveness while looking at them. Most people argue that what Charlie Hebdo did was right, but it targeted a large group of people and ridicule out of what they believe in as a whole al though they are divided in separate groups. I’m not siding with the shooters, what they did was completely wrong, but why should a whole religion be blamed for what a few radical Muslims did. If a non -Muslim commits a crime he/she was a troubled person an example is shown through the Planned Parenthood incident. In Muslim communities Muslims that are a part of radical groups are not part of Islam. “Je Suis Charlie” might have fought for the freedom of speech, but it also created Islamophobia all around Europe and America putting innocent Muslim lives in danger. Mosques, women wearing hijabs, and men with beards and turbans are now a target of violence all around the world. In America we now have two Presidential candidates who are against Islam and are racist. Another thing that bother me was “Je Suis Paris”. This was said for Paris after the bombing and everyone mourned, but almost nobody did this for