“The assassin is still at large,” reads the first Charlie Hebdo cover of 2016 — nearly one year after two gunmen attacked the magazine’s Paris office and killed nearly a dozen people.
The cover shows a depiction of a God-like figure, strapped with an assault rifle, blood covering his hands and beardCharlie Hebdo artists and staffers published the 32-page edition declaring that the satirical publication is still alive. Rather than depicting the Prophet Muhammad — a subject of many controversial covers the magazine put out before and after the attacks — it’s naming religion as the root of recent violence in France. Read more…
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