French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is marking 10 years since the terror attacks on its Paris office by running a cartoon contest asking for God-mocking submissions.
How should cartoonists satirize the Almighty? To commemorate the victims of the 2015 terrorist attack in its newsroom, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo held a contest titled #MockingGod, with the winners announced on January 7.
Professional press caricaturists and cartoonists were called on to draw “the meanest and funniest caricature about God,” with the winners published in the magazine.
The contest marks the 10th anniversary of a massacre in the magazine’s editorial offices on January 7, 2015. Twelve people, including 8 members of the Charlie Hebdo editorial team, were murdered by Islamist extremists.
The satirical magazine was targeted because it had repeatedly mocked the Prophet Muhammad. Some of France’s most famous cartoonists, including Cabu, Charb, and Wolinski, were among those who lost their lives.
