speaking out for what they believed in.

The French satirical paper — where 12 people were slaughtered by Muslim
terrorists Wednesday — never stopped mocking the hate and hypocrisy of
Islamic fanaticism, even after their Paris offices were firebombed in


present our New Year’s wishes.”

Charbonnier was aware that such satire put the publication in the
radicals’ cross hairs — and he said he didn’t care.



along with four others, including two policemen.

Charbonnier said he believed satirists had a duty to take on any
subject — Charlie Hebdo had run more than one cover tweaking the pope —
and that included Islam.


Charles de Gaulle, Time reported.

Many of the banned paper’s staff joined the new satirical paper, which
was named “Charlie Weekly” after the “Peanuts” character Charlie Brown.