“Billions of Muslims”! The numbers grow exponentially by the day, at least among those who want to intimidate others with an exaggerated show of their power and influence. In any case, we see here yet again that the Muhammad cartoon controversy is all about trying to compel the West to limit the freedom of expression. The objective is to manipulate Western countries into adopting what are essentially Sharia blasphemy laws so as not to “undermine the global aspirations for peaceful co-existence as well as social and inter-faith harmony.” And it’s working very well. Charlie Hebdo republished the cartoons, but most publications in the West wouldn’t dare publish them even once.
“Pakistan lambastes French paper over reprint of offensive caricature,” by Aizbah Khan, Bol News, September 2, 2020:
Pakistan foreign office has strongly condemned the French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s decision to republish the blasphemous caricature.
“Pakistan condemns in the strongest terms the decision by the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, to re-publish deeply offensive caricature of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH),” the Foreign Office said in a statement.
“Such a deliberate act to offend the sentiments of billions of Muslims cannot be justified as an exercise in press freedom or freedom of expression. Such actions undermine the global aspirations for peaceful co-existence as well as social and inter-faith harmony,” the statement said.
It should be noted that ‘Charlie Hebdo’ had announced to republish the blasphemous caricature.
According to foreign news agencies, the announcement was made by the French magazine a day before the start of the terror trial against the 14 suspects who provided weapons and transport facilities to the attackers in its Paris office in 2015.
The magazine said it was encouraged by those who attacked its editorial staff to carry out the heinous act….