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Tag Archives: Charlie Hebdo
PHILOMENA MURRAY. Nice attack brings a difficult question into sharp focus: why France?
If you live in France, you enjoy Bastille Day. There is a buzz in the air as you celebrate a day off in the middle of summer with your family and friends. You go to the fireworks. It is good … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Bastille Day, Charlie Hebdo, laicite, National Front, Nice attack, Philomena Murray, The Conversation
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Cavan Hogue. Our Eurocentric media.
In January 2015, 12 people were killed in a terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The Australian media went into overdrive and gave saturation coverage for some days. In January 2016, 32 people were killed and 66 wounded in … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, Media
Tagged Boko Haram and Bodo attack, Cavan-Hogue, Charlie Hebdo, Eurocentric media reports
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John Menadue. Freedom of speech and Charlie Hebdo
The attacks on journalists and others at Charlie Hebdo have quite rightly attracted a great deal of attention. But Charlie Hebdo can be outrageously provocative. See below this ‘Merry Christmas’ greeting which Charlie Hebdo published in its last edition of … Continue reading
Clive Kessler. A rage against history.
The Ottawa parliament, Café Lindt, Charlie Hebdo and so many others too: these are all separate incidents. But they are all part of the same global phenomenon. They are all expressions of a rage against history that lurks within modern … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Religion and Faith
Tagged Abrahamic faiths, Cafe Lindt, Charlie Hebdo, Clive Kessler, colonial domination., Islam, Judaism and Christianity, Malaysia, New Mandala
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Brian Johnstone. The right to freedom of speech.
The recent murders perpetrated in France have been rightly condemned by all people who take seriously morality and human rights. However, the accompanying discussion of the right to freedom of speech has reflected different points of view. For some … Continue reading
Ian Coller. Liberty, equality, fraternity: redefining ‘French’ values in the wake of Charlie Hebdo.
Beyond the tourist fantasy of the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, France today is a fabulously colourful mixture of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, atheists. This is the situation all over Europe. Yet many Europeans are deeply uneasy with this … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Charlie Hebdo, Dreyfus affair, French Algerians, Ian Coller, National Front, The Conversation
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Héctor Abad Faciolince : Against Submission
I am forever indebted to the Catholic Church and Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo. When I was a happy and irreverent twenty year old student at the Pontifical University, I published an article in which I openly insulted the Holy Father. … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, El Espectador, Hector Abad Faciolince, Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment
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Charlie Hebdo – Freedom of expression in an imperfect society.
In this article, Paul McGeough in the SMH says ‘Yes, it is utterly inappropriate to go round shooting those who cause offence, but is it appropriate to go round causing offence?’ Paul McGeough also recalled that when Charlie Hebdo republished … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Charlie Hebdo, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paul McGeough, President Jacques Chirac, SMH
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Charlie Hebdo and Algeria.
Robert Fisk of The Independent traces the Charlie Hebdo massacre back to the French occupation and disaster in Algeria. See link to this article below. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/charlie-hebdo-paris-attack-brothers-campaign-of-terror-can-be-traced-back-to-algeria-in-1954-9969184.html
Posted in International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Algerian occupation, Charles de Gaulle, Charlie Hebdo, French Muslims, Robert Fisk, The Independent
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John Menadue. If I were a Muslim…
The brutality and assasination of the editors and cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo must be condemned. Those responsible must face and perhaps have faced the full consequences. But if I were a Muslim, I would have been offended by the Charlie … Continue reading