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Charlie, the Prophet and the Pope

When will the Left understand there is no religious equivalency with fanatical Islam?

17 January 2015

9:00 AM

17 January 2015

9:00 AM

Much has been made in the last few days about the supposed ‘equal opportunity satire’ of the left wing French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. While Charlie – as the paper has become known to those who have never read it – actually misses many opportunities to mock progressives, or to parody French secularism, or to tease the Pro-Choice lobby, for example, the journal certainly shows complete and utter contempt for organised religion of any and every variety.

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