• Jordanian women take part in a demonstration against French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for publishing a cartoon of the Muslim prophet Mohammed on January 16, 2015 in the capital Amman. Jordan’s King Abdullah II has characterised on January 15, 2015 as “irresponsible and reckless” this week’s latest issue of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, saying its illustration of the Prophet Mohammed is an insult. Khalil Mazraawi / AFP photo
    Jordanian women take part in a demonstration against French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for publishing a cartoon of the Muslim prophet Mohammed on January 16, 2015 in the capital Amman. Jordan’s King Abdullah II has characterised on January 15, 2015 as “irresponsible and reckless” this week’s latest issue of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, saying its illustration of the Prophet Mohammed is an insult. Khalil Mazraawi / AFP photo
  • People hold banners reading “I love Mohammed, we are against the cartoons of our Prophets” as they take part in a rally against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in front of a Gorky monument in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on January 20, 2015. Protests have erupted in several Muslim countries since Charlie Hebdo published Mohammed cartoons in its “survivors’ issue” on January 14, a week after 12 people were killed in an attack by Islamist gunmen on its Paris offices. Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP photo
    People hold banners reading “I love Mohammed, we are against the cartoons of our Prophets” as they take part in a rally against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in front of a Gorky monument in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on January 20, 2015. Protests have erupted in several Muslim countries since Charlie Hebdo published Mohammed cartoons in its “survivors’ issue” on January 14, a week after 12 people were killed in an attack by Islamist gunmen on its Paris offices. Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP photo
  • Activists and supporters of Pakistani political and Islamic party Jammat-e-Islami (JI) gather to takes a part of “Shaan.e. Mustafa Million March”, a protest against decision by the controversial French magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’ to publish a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. According to local reports thousands of Pakistanis rallied for a fourth day in major cities, burning the French flag and effigies, calling for the banning of the controversial French magazine. Rana Sajid Hussain / Pacific Press / Getty Images
    Activists and supporters of Pakistani political and Islamic party Jammat-e-Islami (JI) gather to takes a part of “Shaan.e. Mustafa Million March”, a protest against decision by the controversial French magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’ to publish a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. According to local reports thousands of Pakistanis rallied for a fourth day in major cities, burning the French flag and effigies, calling for the banning of the controversial French magazine. Rana Sajid Hussain / Pacific Press / Getty Images
  • Pakistani traders hold a protest against the printing of satirical sketches of the Prophet Muhammad by French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Karachi on January 28, 2015. Two Islamist gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo earlier this month, killing 12 people. The magazine then published a “survivors” issue with an image of the Prophet Mohammed weeping on the cover, triggering a wave of angry condemnation and protest in Muslim-majority countries across the world including Pakistan. Rizwan Tabassum / AFP photo
    Pakistani traders hold a protest against the printing of satirical sketches of the Prophet Muhammad by French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Karachi on January 28, 2015. Two Islamist gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo earlier this month, killing 12 people. The magazine then published a “survivors” issue with an image of the Prophet Mohammed weeping on the cover, triggering a wave of angry condemnation and protest in Muslim-majority countries across the world including Pakistan. Rizwan Tabassum / AFP photo
  • A Muslim woman holds a poster in Madrid on January 11, 2015 during a show of solidarity following three days of bloodshed triggered by an attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead. From London to Berlin via Washington and Montreal, rallies are organised throughout the weekend with the highlight in Paris where more than a million people and dozens of world leaders are expected to participate in a massive and historic march in Paris today in solidarity with the victims of the Islamist attacks that killed 17 and deeply shook the country. Gerard Julien / AFP photo
    A Muslim woman holds a poster in Madrid on January 11, 2015 during a show of solidarity following three days of bloodshed triggered by an attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead. From London to Berlin via Washington and Montreal, rallies are organised throughout the weekend with the highlight in Paris where more than a million people and dozens of world leaders are expected to participate in a massive and historic march in Paris today in solidarity with the victims of the Islamist attacks that killed 17 and deeply shook the country. Gerard Julien / AFP photo
  • A Muslim woman holds a poster in Madrid on January 11, 2015 during a show of solidarity following three days of bloodshed triggered by an attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead. From London to Berlin via Washington and Montreal, rallies are organised throughout the weekend with the highlight in Paris where more than a million people and dozens of world leaders are expected to participate in a massive and historic march in Paris today in solidarity with the victims of the Islamist attacks that killed 17 and deeply shook the country. Gerard Julien / AFP photo
    A Muslim woman holds a poster in Madrid on January 11, 2015 during a show of solidarity following three days of bloodshed triggered by an attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead. From London to Berlin via Washington and Montreal, rallies are organised throughout the weekend with the highlight in Paris where more than a million people and dozens of world leaders are expected to participate in a massive and historic march in Paris today in solidarity with the victims of the Islamist attacks that killed 17 and deeply shook the country. Gerard Julien / AFP photo
  • Arsenal supporters put a “Je suis Charlie” placard on their Arsenal scarf up in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree in Paris this week, ahead of the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Stoke City at the Emirates Stadium in London on January 11, 2015. Ben Stansall / AFP photo
    Arsenal supporters put a “Je suis Charlie” placard on their Arsenal scarf up in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree in Paris this week, ahead of the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Stoke City at the Emirates Stadium in London on January 11, 2015. Ben Stansall / AFP photo
  • Thousands of people marched on Istiklal street in Istanbul to protest against the terror attack on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. Basin Foto Ajansi / LightRocket via Getty Images
    Thousands of people marched on Istiklal street in Istanbul to protest against the terror attack on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. Basin Foto Ajansi / LightRocket via Getty Images
  • A man with a sticker “I am Charlie” on his forehead takes part in a gathering at the French Institute in Belgrade on January 8, 2015 to pay tribute to the twelve people killed the day before in an attack by two armed gunmen on the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris. A stunned and outraged France is in mourning, as security forces desperately hunt two brothers suspected of gunning down 12 people in an Islamist attack on the satirical weekly. Alexa Stankovic / AFP photo
    A man with a sticker “I am Charlie” on his forehead takes part in a gathering at the French Institute in Belgrade on January 8, 2015 to pay tribute to the twelve people killed the day before in an attack by two armed gunmen on the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris. A stunned and outraged France is in mourning, as security forces desperately hunt two brothers suspected of gunning down 12 people in an Islamist attack on the satirical weekly. Alexa Stankovic / AFP photo
  • French nationals attend a vigil in solidarity with the victims of the shooting at the Paris office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to memorise the people attacked by gunmen on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris that killed 12 people in Taipei on January 9, 2015. Surviving employees of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper that lost its top staff to gunmen in a Paris attack this week, started work on a new issue on January 9 in premises loaned by the newspaper Liberation. Sam Yeh / AFP photo
    French nationals attend a vigil in solidarity with the victims of the shooting at the Paris office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to memorise the people attacked by gunmen on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris that killed 12 people in Taipei on January 9, 2015. Surviving employees of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper that lost its top staff to gunmen in a Paris attack this week, started work on a new issue on January 9 in premises loaned by the newspaper Liberation. Sam Yeh / AFP photo
  • A man holds up a sign that read in French, “Their Islam is not ours” as they rally to pay tribute in Marseille, on January 7, 2015, following an attack by unknown gunmen on the offices of the satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo in Paris earlier in the day. France’s Muslim leadership sharply condemned the shooting at the Paris satirical weekly that left at least 12 people dead as a “barbaric” attack and an assault on press freedom and democracy. BORIS HORVAT Boris Horvat / AFP photo
    A man holds up a sign that read in French, “Their Islam is not ours” as they rally to pay tribute in Marseille, on January 7, 2015, following an attack by unknown gunmen on the offices of the satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo in Paris earlier in the day. France’s Muslim leadership sharply condemned the shooting at the Paris satirical weekly that left at least 12 people dead as a “barbaric” attack and an assault on press freedom and democracy. BORIS HORVAT Boris Horvat / AFP photo
  • A sign in Arabic states ‘I am Charlie’ at Dam Square as crowd gather in support of the victims after the terrorist attack in Paris on January 8, 2015 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Twelve people were killed, including two police officers, as two gunmen opened fire at the offices of the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo. Michel Porro / Getty Images
    A sign in Arabic states ‘I am Charlie’ at Dam Square as crowd gather in support of the victims after the terrorist attack in Paris on January 8, 2015 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Twelve people were killed, including two police officers, as two gunmen opened fire at the offices of the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo. Michel Porro / Getty Images
  • Algerian men attend a memorial gathering for Charlie Hebdo’s French proof reader of Algerian origin, Mustapha Ourrad, who was killed along with 11 others in last week’s an attack by two armed gunmen on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, on January 15, 2014 in his native village in the Kabylie region of Beni Yenni, east of Algiers. The body of Ourrad was flown from France for burial in his hometown. Farouk Batiche / AFP photo
    Algerian men attend a memorial gathering for Charlie Hebdo’s French proof reader of Algerian origin, Mustapha Ourrad, who was killed along with 11 others in last week’s an attack by two armed gunmen on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, on January 15, 2014 in his native village in the Kabylie region of Beni Yenni, east of Algiers. The body of Ourrad was flown from France for burial in his hometown. Farouk Batiche / AFP photo
  • A woman holds a poster ‘I am Ahmed” during the funeral of police officer Ahmed Merabet at a Muslim cemetery on January 13, 2015 in Bobigny, France. The officers were awarded a posthumous Legion dHonneur, in recognition of their bravery. The terrorist attacks began on Wednesday with the assault on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12, and ended on Friday with sieges at a printing company in Dammartin en Goele and a Kosher supermarket in Paris with four hostages and three suspects being killed. A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, escaped and is wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman. Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)
    A woman holds a poster ‘I am Ahmed” during the funeral of police officer Ahmed Merabet at a Muslim cemetery on January 13, 2015 in Bobigny, France. The officers were awarded a posthumous Legion dHonneur, in recognition of their bravery. The terrorist attacks began on Wednesday with the assault on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12, and ended on Friday with sieges at a printing company in Dammartin en Goele and a Kosher supermarket in Paris with four hostages and three suspects being killed. A fourth suspect, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, escaped and is wanted in connection with the murder of a policewoman. Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Charlie Hebdo reactions from around the world – in pictures

James Ohara

February 05, 2015

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After outrage at the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo turned to anger against its ‘satire,’ we reflect on the growing divide over the right of free speech between religious and secular societies.

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