Discussion: Cartoonist Who Drew Latest Charlie Hebdo Cover: 'I Cried But I Also Laughed'

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“The publication’s caricatures of Muhammad, which are forbidden by Islam”

This is a simplification. See http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/10/1356695/-Images-of-Muhammad-in-Islam for a discussion of how “Islam” is not monolithic in this regard (as virtually no religion is monolithic in any regard).

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The publication’s caricatures of Muhammad, which are forbidden by Islam…

There is no single voice that defines the specific parameters of what is and what isn’t forbidden by Islam, especially as it pertains to non-followers. Many Christians believe abortion is forbidden by Christianity, some to the extent that they would execute those who perform them. Would you write, “abortion, which is forbidden by Christianity…?”