French leaders sound alarm over planned Mohammad cartoons

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38. The same magazine did this before less than a year ago

2011

In the early hours of November 2, 2011 the newspaper's office in the 20th arrondissement[7] was fire-bombed and its website hacked. The attacks were presumed linked to its decision to rename a special edition "Charia Hebdo", with the Prophet Mohammed listed as the "editor-in-chief".[8] The cover, featuring a cartoon of Mohammed by Luz (Renald Luzier) had circulated on social media for a couple of days.

Charb was quoted by AP stating that the attack might have been carried out by "stupid people who don't know what Islam is" and that they are "idiots who betray their own religion". Mohammed Moussaoui, head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith, said his organisation deplores "the very mocking tone of the paper toward Islam and its prophet but reaffirms with force its total opposition to all acts and all forms of violence."[9] François Fillon, the prime minister, and Claude Guéant, the interior minister, voiced support for Charlie Hebdo.,[7] as did feminist writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali who criticised calls for self-censorship.[10]

2012

In September 2012, the newspaper announced that it would publish a series of satirical cartoons of Mohammed, some of which feature nude caricatures of the Prophet. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius condemned the magazine. The newspaper's editor defended publication of the cartoons, saying, "We do caricatures of everyone, and above all every week, and when we do it with the Prophet, it's called provocation."[11]

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why are they doing again now?