Under threat ... A person reads the latest issue of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
CHARLIE Hebdo gained notoriety in February 2006 when it reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that had originally appeared in Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, causing fury across the Muslim world.
Its offices were firebombed in November 2011 and its website hacked when it published a cartoon of Mohammed and under the title Charia Hebdo. No one was injured in that attack. RELATED: MASS SHOOTING AT FRENCH MAGAZINE
Attacked ... A police cordon is placed outside the offices French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo' following a petrol bomb attack on November 2, 2011 in Paris. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images
Despite being taken to court under anti-racism laws, the weekly continued to publish controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet.
"We do caricatures of everyone, and above all every week, and when we do it with the Prophet, it's called provocation," editor Stephane Charbonnier (aka Charb) said at the time, defending the magazine against self-sensorship.
Fearless ... Satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo's editor in chief, Stephane Charbonnier aka Charb, answers reporters in 2011. Source: AP
In September 2012 Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of a naked Mohammed as violent protests were taking place in several countries over a low-budget film, titled Innocence of Muslims, which was made in the United States and insulted the prophet.
French schools, consulates and cultural centres in 20 Muslim countries were briefly closed along with embassies for fear of retaliatory attacks at the time.
Charbonnier, who was one of the victims of the shooting overnight, had received countless death threats and was living under police protection.
No fatalities ... The offices French satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' following a petrol bomb attack on November 2, 2011 in Paris. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images
Charlie Hebdo is a left-wing, anti-religious magazine that was founded in 1969 and banned a couple of times in its history — once for making fun of former French president Charles de Gaulle's death.
That, incidentally, was when it changed its name from Hara kiri Hebdo to Charlie Hebdo, taking its name from the Peanuts character Charlie Brown. The new name however was also said to have been an inside joke about de Gaulle.
The publication ceased production in 1981 citing a lack of readers but relaunched in 1992.
Defiant ... Members of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, including cartoonists Cabu (L), Charb (2nd L), Tignous (4th L) and Honore (5th L) in 2006. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
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