Charlie Hebdo

7 Things You Should Know in the Wake of Charlie Hebdo

by Prof Charles Forsdick and Prof Andrew Thompson

1. Charlie Hebdo is part of a long tradition of dissent in France.

Can teaching patriotism protect France?

by Robert Zaretsky

After the Charlie Hebdo massacre, a country recommits to promoting national values in schools—a tradition that has flagged in the United States

The French Are Making a Mistake About the Charlie Hebdo Tragedy

by James D. Le Sueur

They’re focusing on free speech and the separation of church and state when they should be thinking hard about the alienation of Muslims living in France.

Voltaire's 250-year-old book on tolerance climbs French best-seller lists after terror attacks

The "Treatise on Tolerance" is a cry against religious fanaticism and stemmed from Voltaire's conviction that religious differences were at the heart of world strife. He wrote at a time of bloody tension between French Protestants and Catholics.

Churchill Était Charlie Aussi

by Jonathan Rose

As signals of political will, even cartoons matter, as Britain found out in the 1930s when it tried to appease Hitler by silencing satirists.

Satire, Tolerance, Humility, Terrorism, Islam -- And Charlie Hebdo

by Walter G. Moss

What are we supposed to make of it all?

Terror in Paris - An Analysis

by Lawrence Davidson

Is there a way out of this vicious cycle - one that might also uphold a broad and truly universal standard for freedom of speech?

‘False Flags,’ Charlie Hebdo, and Martin Luther King

by Philip Jenkins

Knowing who carried out an act of terror doesn't always tell us who was ultimately behind it.

HNN Hot Topic: Charlie Hebdo

Making sense of the tragedy in Paris -- and the reaction to it. 

Charlie Hebdo’s Anti-Imperialist Roots

by Daniel Foliard

The 1881 laws on the freedom of the press had opened the golden age of French political caricature, paving the way for Samuel-Sigismond Schwarz to found L’Assiette au Beurre in 1901.

The Paris Tragedy and the War Within Islam

by Brian Glyn Williams

A Journey into the Battle for the Soul of the Muslim World.

Charlie Hebdo and France’s Irreligious Tradition

by Kenneth R. Weinstein

Public irreligion in France, from the 16th century to Charlie Hebdo.

The world's biggest 'Je Suis Charlie' hypocrite?

by Jonathan Zimmerman

It's China, where the government aggressively constrains press freedom

University of Evansville history professor's cartoon response to Paris shootings read around the world

Picked up by the news website Vox, James MacLeod's cartoon was soon featured among the cream of the crop of editorial cartoonists' responses published around the globe online and in print.

Historian says the Koran Does Not Forbid Images of the Prophet

The University of Michigan's Christiane Gruber says "The Koran does not prohibit figural imagery."

Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris

by Juan Cole

"The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with two policemen, by terrorists in Paris was in my view a strategic strike, aiming at polarizing the French and European public."