This is the cartoon

[Renew Deal]

Or at least one of them.

[Xipe Totec]

1. I think it says "100 lashes if you're dying of laughter"

Pretty inoffensive to me.

For poking fun of religion I would put it on the level of Monty Python's "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition"

[Electric Monk]

2. "100 lashes if you're NOT dying of laughter" nt

[Recursion]

3. Pas

If you're *not* dying of laughter

[Xipe Totec]

8. Absolutely right. I passed right over that

(cough) (cough)

[HeiressofBickworth]

4. I may be blind but

I don't see anything that identifies the man as "Mohammed"; in fact, it doesn't seem to identify the man as any one particular religion either. I also don't seen anywhere in the text any kind of disrespect for Islam or any other religion.

Seems to me that individuals determined to commit mass murder will invent a precipitating event allowing them to carry out their murderous intentions. I've held the belief that ISIS and other violent extremist groups attract mentally unstable individuals who would like a flag or cause to hide behind in order to carry out their violent fantasies. It's a corollary to my belief that similar individuals are drawn to police work.

[Renew Deal]

5. Charia is french for Sharia

They have drawn the character before and identified him as Mohammed.

http://gawker.com/what-is-charlie-hebdo-and-why-a-mostly-complete-histo-1677959168

[Gothmog]

6. Great cartoon

[dissentient]

7. Kick and recommended

Can you believe there are some religious nuts so unhinged that cartoons like this make them go on killing sprees? Talk about lunatics.