▁St é ph ane ▁" Char b " ▁Char b onn ier , ▁editor ▁of ▁Charlie ▁Heb do , ▁was ▁dead . ▁Char b ▁and ▁ 1 1 ▁others ▁were ▁murder ed ▁on ▁January ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁by ▁Ch ér if ▁and ▁Sa id ▁K ou achi ▁in ▁their ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁Paris ian ▁office ▁of ▁the ▁sat ir ical ▁magazine . ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁time ▁as ▁editor , ▁Charlie ▁Heb do ▁aim ed ▁its ▁sat ire ▁at ▁Catholic ism , ▁J uda ism ▁and ▁radical ▁Islam ▁in ▁equal ▁measure . ▁In ▁his ▁final , ▁post hum ous ▁miss ive , ▁Char b ▁reject s ▁all ▁accus ations ▁that ▁he ▁ran ▁a ▁" rac ist " ▁or ▁" I sl am oph ob ic " ▁magazine . ▁" He ▁arg ues — from ▁a ▁left - wing , ▁anti - rac ist , ▁milit antly ▁sec ular ▁view point — that ▁the ▁word ▁" I sl am oph ob ia " ▁is ▁a ▁trap , ▁set ▁by ▁an ▁un hol y ▁al liance ▁of ▁Muslim ▁radical s ▁and ▁the ▁un th inking , ▁liberal ▁Western ▁media . ▁The ▁real ▁issue , ▁he ▁says , ▁is ▁rac ism ▁and ▁Charlie ▁Heb do ▁was ▁never ▁rac ist ..." ▁ ▁Re ally , ▁the ▁word ▁" I sl am oph ob ia " ▁is ▁badly ▁chosen ▁if ▁it ' s ▁supposed ▁to ▁described ▁the ▁hat red ▁which ▁some ▁l ame - brains ▁have ▁for ▁Muslim s . ▁And ▁it ▁is ▁not