Je suis Charlie? Well, not quite. I really am not Charlie Hebdo. Nothing – no cartoon, no book, no song – justifies the kind of shooting rampage that happened in Paris. As Hassen Chalghoumi, the imam of Drancy mosque in…
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The attack on the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo once again has raised the question of freedom of speech and of the press. The cartoon world, shattered by the attack, seems to have double standards regarding the answer. Charlie Hebdo…
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What to say in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre? A slogan floats–‘Je suis Charlie’–‘I am Charlie’–as a gesture of solidarity. As a Muslim it doesn’t feel enough–one is expected to also disclaim, disavow, denounce. “Je ne suis pas…
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EKSKLUSIF DARI MEJA EDITOR RILEK1CORNER Setelah lima bulan beroperasi, kami di Rilek1Corner sangat terharu dengan sambutan meriah daripada para pembaca yang banyak memberikan kami semangat memperkembangkan media alternatif kami ini, baik untuk pembaca yang berbangsa Melayu mahupun mereka yang beragama Islam. Kami…
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