The slain editor of Charlie Hebdo has slammed his left-wing critics from beyond the grave for criticising publication of drawings of Mohammad . In a book Stéphane Charbonnier , known as Charb , finished just two days before being murdered by jihadist gunmen he argued that left-leaning intellectuals who denounced the cartoons in the satirical magazine were ‘ ridiculous demagogues ’ for doing so . In the short book , extracts of which are to be published today in weekly magazine L'Obs , he writes : ‘ The suggestion that you can laugh at everything , except certain aspects of Islam , because Muslims are much more susceptible than the rest of the population , what is that , if not discrimination ? In a book Stéphane Charbonnier ( pictured ) , known as Charb , finished just two days before being mowed down by jihadist gunmen he argued that left-leaning intellectuals who denounced the cartoons in the satirical magazine were ‘ ridiculous demagogues ’ Journalists hold placards reading ' I am Charlie ' as they hold a minute of silence on January 7 following the attack by gunmen in the offices of Charlie Hebdo . ‘ It 's time to finish with this disgusting paternalism of the white , left-wing bourgeois intellectual seeking to prove himself among the “ poor unfortunate undereducated ” . ’ The book , Lettre Ouverte aux Escrocs de l'Islamophobie qui Font le Jeu des Racistes ( Open Letter to the Fraudsters of Islamophobia who Play into Racists ' Hands ) , which may well rock the 'Je Suis Charlie ' solidarity over the massacre , argues that some intellectuals who condemned the drawings were merely attention-seekers . It says : ‘ Since I am educated , I understand that Charlie Hebdo is using humour . But out of respect for you [ Muslims ] , since you have n't yet discovered second-degree humour , I will denounce these Islamophobic drawings that I pretend not to understand . I will put myself at your level to show that I love you . ‘ These ridiculous demagogues just have a huge need to be the centre of attention and want to satisfy their formidable fantasy to dominate others. ’ Charb asks why Islamophobia , which technically means ‘ fear of Islam ’ , is being used by activists , media and politicians to denounce hatred of Muslims and wonders why ‘ Muslimophobia ’ is not used instead , or simply ‘ racism ’ . He argues that ‘ a lot of those who campaign against Islamophobia do n't actually do it to defend Muslims as individuals , but to defend Prophet Mohammad 's religion ’ . Charlie Hebdo ’ s satirical attacks on Islam drove two brothers , Cherif and Said Kouachi ( pictured ) to mount a deadly attack on its office in Paris . Charb also takes a pop at religion , and particularly at believers . ‘ The problem is not the Koran or the Bible - sleep-inducing , incoherent and badly written novels - but the faithful who read the Koran or the Bible like you read assembly instructions for Ikea shelves , ’ he writes . He condemns those who are ready to ‘ cut the infidel 's throats along the dotted line otherwise God will deprive me of Club Med in the afterlife ’ , according to the Daily Telegraph . He blames the media for helping popularise the term ‘ Islamophobia ’ because ‘ any scandal that contains the word Islam in its title sells. ’ ‘ A terrorist is scary , but if you add that he 's an Islamist , everyone wets themselves. ’ And he also takes a dig at politicians whom he accuses of seeing Muslims where they should see regular citizens , and wanting to pander to a ‘ Muslim electorate ’ . ‘ That 's saying that the majority of Muslims do n't decide their vote according to the candidates ' political ideas but according to the degree of sympathy they display towards Muslims , ’ he argues . Charb also defends Charlie Hebdo 's controversial depictions of the prophet and extremism over the years , which earned it accusations of Islamophobia . Chillingly , he refers to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula 's Inspire magazine which in 2013 published a list of 11 people accused of ‘ crimes against Islam ’ and wanted ‘ dead or alive ’ . ‘ I find my name , badly spelled but accompanied by a photo where you can recognise my alarmed face ’ -- a picture he said was taken when the offices of the magazine were burnt down in 2011 shortly after a special edition was published under the title Charia Hebdo . ‘ The skillful montage is titled “ YES WE CAN ” and below you can read : “ a bullet a day keeps the infidel away ” . ’ Charlie Hebdo ’ s satirical attacks on Islam drove two brothers , Cherif and Said Kouachi to mount a deadly attack on its office in Paris . They burst into an editorial meeting on January 7 , peppering Charb and nine other cartoonists with bullets before calmly leaving . They also shot dead a maintenance worker and a policeman who tried to stop them .
Islam finished a book just two days before he was killed . The book blames the media for helping popularise the term ‘ Islamophobia ’ Extracts from it are being published today in weekly magazine L'Obs .