In 2006 , the American comedy program '' South Park '' , which had previously depicted Muhammad as a superhero ( " Super Best Friends ) " and has depicted Muhammad in the opening sequence since then , attempted to satirize the Danish newspaper incident . They intended to show Muhammad handing a salmon helmet to '' Family Guy '' character Peter Griffin ( " Cartoon Wars Part II " ) . However , Comedy Central who airs the series rejected the scene and its creators reacted by satirizing double standard for broadcast acceptability . In April 2010 , animators Trey Parker and Matt Stone planned to make episodes satirizing controversies over previous episodes , including Comedy Central 's refusal to show images of Muhammad following the 2005 Danish controversy . After they faced Internet death threats , Comedy Central modified their version of the episode , obscuring all images and bleeping all references to Muhammad . In reaction , cartoonist Molly Norris created the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day , claiming that if many people draw pictures of Muhammad , threats to murder them all would become unrealistic . 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 . In September 2012 , the newspaper published a series of satirical cartoons of Muhammad , some of which feature nude caricatures of him . In January 2013 , '' Charlie Hebdo '' announced that they would make a comic book on the life of Muhammad . In March 2013 , Al-Qaeda 's branch in Yemen , commonly known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( AQAP ) , released a hit list in an edition of their English-language magazine '' Inspire '' . The list included Kurt Westergaard , Lars Vilks , Carsten Juste , Flemming Rose , Charb and Molly Norris , and others whom AQAP accused of insulting Islam . On 7 January 2015 , two masked gunmen opened fire on Charlie Hebdos staff and police officers as vengeance for its continued caricatures of Muhammad , killing 12 people , including Charb , and wounding 11 others . '' Jyllands-Posten '' did not re-print the '' Charlie Hebdo '' cartoons in the wake of the attack , with the new editor-in-chief citing security concerns
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January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
Islam and blasphemy