France's Charlie Hebdo magazine holds 'funniest, meanest' God cartoon contest 10 years after attack

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15 December 2024 at 9:30 am·1-min read

A woman walks past a mural by French street artist and painter Christian Guemy, known as C215, in Paris, on January 6, 2022, in tribute to members of Charlie Hebdo newspaper killed in January 2015.

France's satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine is marking the 10-year anniversary of a deadly Islamist attack on its offices with a cartoon contest calling on readers to submit their most mocking takes on God.

Ten years after a deadly attack on its office that shocked France, Charlie Hebdo magazine is marking the anniversary with a cartoon contest mocking God.

The satirical weekly was targeted by two Islamic extremists on January 7, 2014, who gunned down eight members of staff including some of the country's most famous cartoonists inside its premises in central Paris.

The attackers – two brothers who were later killed by police – targeted Charlie Hebdo after its decision to publish caricatures lampooning the Prophet Mohammed, Islam's most revered figure.

In typically provocative style, the staunchly atheist magazine has invited cartoonists to submit the "funniest and meanest" drawings mocking God possible ahead of the anniversary.

There was no immediate confirmation of how many had been sent for publication.

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It regularly publishes cartoons lampooning other religions, including Christianity.

(AFP)

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