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God With A Gun – Charlie Hebdo Welcomes In 2016

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1451893914-ansa-20160103235957-16883953This is the assassination anniversary issue of Charlie Hebdo, published this week, with the headline "One year on: the assassin is still out there." The assassin being God, that is, or possibly religion as a whole.

The magazine has bumped its print run to over a million, featuring cartoons from those murdered in the attacks one year ago as well as many more contributors, with an editorial by manager and cartoonist and survivor Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau, defending secularism and attacking "fanatics brutalised by the Koran" and those of all religions who attacked Charlie Hebdo for "daring to laugh at the religious".

This week, ceremonies to commemorate the attack will take place across France, with a plaque being unveiled at the magazine's former offices and an oak tree is being planted at the Place de la Republique.

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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