 On 2 November 2011 , Charlie Hebdo was firebombed right before its 3 November issue was due ; the issue was called Charia Hebdo and satirically featured Muhammad as guest @-@ editor . The editor , Stéphane Charbonnier , known as Charb , and two co @-@ workers at Charlie Hebdo subsequently received police protection . Charb was placed on a hit list by Al @-@ Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula along with Kurt Westergaard , Lars Vilks , Carsten Juste and Flemming Rose after editing an edition of Charlie Hebdo that satirised Muhammad . 
