Outrage over Charlie Hebdo’s Turkey-Syria earthquake cartoon

The French satirical journal has as soon as once more come underneath hearth for its provocative comedian strips.

The front page of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is seen
Social media customers mentioned the cartoon mocked the tragedy in Turkey and Syria [File: Christian Hartmann/Reuters]

French satirical journal Charlie Hebdo has sparked outrage on social media after it printed a cartoon showing to make mild of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that killed 1000's in Turkey and Syria.

The drawing by artist Pierrick Juin confirmed teetering buildings amid heaps of rubble with the caption: “No must ship tanks.”

Social media customers mentioned the cartoon mocked the tragedy that impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals throughout two international locations and referred to as the drawing “disgusting”, “shameful”, “revolting” and akin to “hate speech”.

A girl by the identify of Sara Assaf responded by saying that she was withdrawing her help for the journal. “Je ne suis plus Charlie” (I'm not Charlie), she wrote, in reference to the slogan “Je suis Charlie” (I'm Charlie) adopted by supporters of the outlet after the January 7, 2015 assault on their workplace.

On that day, two brothers claiming affiliation to al-Qaeda opened hearth on the Paris headquarters of the French satirical weekly, killing 12 individuals in retaliation for cartoon depictions of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.

The assault triggered a world outpouring of solidarity with France in addition to a debate on what constituted free speech.

“We have been with you throughout your ache. It’s a catastrophe for humanity what we’re now going by way of!” one person mentioned, earlier than concluding: “No, it’s not humour.”

American Muslim scholar Omar Suleiman mentioned: “Mocking the dying of 1000's of Muslims is the height of how France has dehumanized us in each approach.”

Some customers famous how Turks had staged marches of help after the 2015 assault, rallying behind the “Je suis Charlie” marketing campaign, solely to be repaid with what many noticed as scorn.

Political analyst Öznur Küçüker Sirene addressed the journal in a tweet. “Even the Turks have been ‘Charlie Hebdo’ to share your grief and immediately you dare mock the struggling of a complete individuals. One should actually have some nerve to do that whereas there are nonetheless infants ready to be rescued beneath the rubble,” she mentioned.

One person mentioned the cartoon showcased the “true spirit” of Charlie Hebdo, whereas one other mentioned the “solely supply of earnings for this newspaper is Islamophobia”.

The sketch even drew a reply from Ibrahim Kalin, a Turkish presidential spokesperson. “Fashionable barbarians!” he tweeted. “Suffocate in your hatred and grudges.”

Some Charlie Hebdo supporters tried to defend the comedian, calling it “satire” and needing “context”.

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