Since its creation in 1970, Charlie Hebdo has never hesitated to publish provocative drawings, mocking the leaders and stars like religions. In keeping with this tradition and Free Press rebellious, in February 2006 the satirical weekly, like several European newspapers, shows the 12 Muhammad cartoons published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Since the weekly lives under the recurring threat of Islamist groups, but continues to appear. In November 2011, he released a special issue renamed Sharia Hebdo with the Prophet Muhammad in A hilarious. The same day of publication, the premises are destroyed by arson. Luz, the designer of the One.
September 19, 2012, Charlie Hebdo published controversial cartoons inspired Islamophobic film "Innocence of Muslims", broadcast on the internet and had led to violence with dead in several countries. Accused by provocative associations to hatred and defamation, the editor of the weekly Stephane Charbonnier, thus defended, "we can not drawing Muhammad in France? If, of course we can caricature Muhammad, one can caricature everyone in France. In France, religion is understood as a philosophy, as an idea and I can caricatured Muhammad as I can caricature Marx. "
French court declared null the charges against the director of Charlie Hebdo. In 2013, he had published a special issue on Mohammed's life written by Muslim writers.
"In fact, nobody knows anything Mahomet or that religion. A religion that scares because every time we mention this is to talk about the attacks by an extreme minority. So I think we should start there, inform Mahomet and Islam, before giggle or laugh with. "Charb explained. Threatened with death, he lived under police protection.
