Paris: Charlie Hebdo’s new cover of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) has drawn ire from Muslims all over the world.
The front page of the French satirical newspaper — its first since many of its staff were slain in a terrorist attack last week that killed 12 people — was widely taken up by media in Western nations and in Latin America.
But Egypt’s state-sponsored Islamic authority, Dar al-Ifta, quickly denounced it as “an unjustified provocation against the feelings of 1.5 billion Muslims”.
Tabnak, a conservative online outlet in Iran stormed that “Charlie Hebdo has again insulted the Prophet”. Major media in many Arab, and some African and Asian countries as well as Turkey, did not show the cover because many devout Muslims view any depiction of their prophet as forbidden.AFP
