First Charlie Hebdo post attack flies off shelves
15 Jan 2015 12:36 AM GMT
Three million copies of the weekly, featuring on the front page slogan “Je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”) under the headline “All is forgiven”, have been printed.
The magazine was sold out in many parts of the capital minutes after going on sale.
“Je suis Charlie” is the slogan taken up by millions of supporters in France and around the world after eight of the magazine’s journalists and cartoonists and four other people were shot dead last week.
The gunmen who carried out the attack appear to have been motivated by the magazine publishing cartoons of the prophet in the past.
There are no other depictions of the prophet in the new edition, but many of the cartoons lampoon Islamist gunmen.
The print run dwarfs Charlie Hebdo’s normal run of around 60,000 copies, and the edition will also be available in English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Turkish.
“It was incredible. I had a queue of 60-70 people waiting for me when I opened at 5.45 am. I’ve never seen anything like it. All my 450 copies were sold out in 15 minutes,” said a woman working at a kiosk in Gambetta metro station in Paris.
The magazine’s surviving staff moved into the offices of Liberation newspaper to compile the edition, which they admitted had been an emotional experience.
Cartoonist Renald “Luz” Luzier said he cried after drawing the front cover.
Some Muslims feel any depiction of the prophet is sacrilege, and Egypt’s state-backed Islamic authority Dar al-Ifta denounced “an unjustified provocation against the feelings of 1.5
billion Muslims.”
Charlie Hebdo issues offered on eBay for thousands of euros
Copies of the latest edition of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which sold out within hours across France on Wednesday, are being offered on eBay for thousands of euros, prompting a media watchdog to blast sellers for “indecent” profiteering. The online selling and auction site had one vendor listing the new Charlie Hebdo issues at 15,000 euros (USD 17,680) for immediate purchase, compared to the cover price of just three euros. It was not known how serious the offers were, or if the vendors actually possessed the copies. eBay did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But the Paris-based media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) expressed anger at the apparent opportunism. “What is happening on eBay... is absolutely indecent,” said its director, Christophe Deloire.
The magazine was sold out in many parts of the capital minutes after going on sale.
“Je suis Charlie” is the slogan taken up by millions of supporters in France and around the world after eight of the magazine’s journalists and cartoonists and four other people were shot dead last week.
The gunmen who carried out the attack appear to have been motivated by the magazine publishing cartoons of the prophet in the past.
There are no other depictions of the prophet in the new edition, but many of the cartoons lampoon Islamist gunmen.
The print run dwarfs Charlie Hebdo’s normal run of around 60,000 copies, and the edition will also be available in English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Turkish.
“It was incredible. I had a queue of 60-70 people waiting for me when I opened at 5.45 am. I’ve never seen anything like it. All my 450 copies were sold out in 15 minutes,” said a woman working at a kiosk in Gambetta metro station in Paris.
The magazine’s surviving staff moved into the offices of Liberation newspaper to compile the edition, which they admitted had been an emotional experience.
Cartoonist Renald “Luz” Luzier said he cried after drawing the front cover.
Some Muslims feel any depiction of the prophet is sacrilege, and Egypt’s state-backed Islamic authority Dar al-Ifta denounced “an unjustified provocation against the feelings of 1.5
billion Muslims.”
Charlie Hebdo issues offered on eBay for thousands of euros
Copies of the latest edition of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which sold out within hours across France on Wednesday, are being offered on eBay for thousands of euros, prompting a media watchdog to blast sellers for “indecent” profiteering. The online selling and auction site had one vendor listing the new Charlie Hebdo issues at 15,000 euros (USD 17,680) for immediate purchase, compared to the cover price of just three euros. It was not known how serious the offers were, or if the vendors actually possessed the copies. eBay did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But the Paris-based media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) expressed anger at the apparent opportunism. “What is happening on eBay... is absolutely indecent,” said its director, Christophe Deloire.
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