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Turkey's Gov't-Aligned News Blame Victims in Paris Attack
Islamist AKP-aligned news outlets first labelled Charlie Hebdo as a
magazine that insulted Mohammed, then blamed the victims for the
attack.
Thu, January 8, 2015
French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira near the Paris offices of
Charlie Hebdo yesterday (Photo: (c) Reuters)
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Turkish and regional Islamist newspapers have blamed the satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo ("Charlie Weekly") for the attacks against it
yesterday. Islamists and jihadists all over the world rejoiced over
the attack, flocked to online forums and sharing their glee on social
media.
The assault on the magazine, the worst terrorist attack in France in
50 years, killed 10 journalists and two policemen. Those murdered were
staff of the magazine who had been holding their weekly editorial
meeting at the time.
It has been reported that the jihadists targeted specific cartoonists.
Among those killed was the magazine's chief editor Stephane
Charbonnier and three of France's most famous cartoonists: Jean Cabut,
George Wolinski and Bernard Verlhac.
One of the terrorists, aged 18, turned himself in to the French
authorities. He gave the names of the other attackers, two brothers --
Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34 -- to the police. The manhunt
for the two continues.
Paris was shaken this morning by another apparent terror attack when a
policewoman was shot in the southwestern suburb of Montrouge by a man
with an automatic rifle. The policewoman has since died of her wounds.
The attack has not been definitively connected to yesterday's
shooting.
Following the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Yeni Akit, a Turkish daily
newspaper with ties to the ruling Islamist AK party, ran the headline
"Attack on The Magazine that Provoked Muslims."
Another pro-AKP party paper, the Turkiye Gazetesi, ran the headline
"Attack on the Magazine that Insulted Our Master the Prophet." After
it received heavy criticism on social media, the magazine changed
their headline to "Attack on the magazine that published ugly cartoons
of our prophet."
By contrast Turkiye Gazetesi's English-language website ran the
headline "American Muslims Condemn Paris Attack on Charlie Hebdo" this
morning. Yet inside the article, the same sentiment as in the article
in Turkish is evident. The first sentence moves straight onto
Charlie's Hebdo's "history of publishing unflattering depictions of
the Prophet Muhammad."
This should not come as a surprise. Turkey's foreign minister said
yesterday that terrorist Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was welcome to
move to Turkey should he leave Qatar, where he has been based, despite
Turkey's official status as a NATO ally.
As reported by the Daily Caller, Egyptian newspaper Shorouk said in
its headline that Charlie Hebdo had "A history of insulting the
prophet, ending in fire."
These papers are all implying that the writers and cartoonists at
Charlie Hebdo brought the terrorist attack on themselves by exercising
freedom of expression.
At the same time, many Western media outlets have decided not to
publish Charlie Hebdo's cartoons so as not to upset Muslims. CNN's
Editorial Director Richard Griffith sent an internal memo reading, "We
are not at this time showing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet
considered offensive by many Muslims."
Several Western media outlets explained the motive of the ruthless
murderers by saying that they were provoked.
As Douglas Murray wrote for the Gatestone Institute, "The press was
already blaming the victims. Commentators on CNN opined thatCharlie
Hebdo had been "provoking Muslims" for some time. Perhaps they assume
that it is easier to force good people to keep quiet, or keep their
own media offices from being attacked, than to tackle to the problem
of Islamic extremism head-on. It is easier blame Geert Wilders, Ayaan
Hirsi Ali, Lars Hedegaard, Suzanne Winters, Salman Rushdie or Charlie
Hebdo -- and even put some of them on trial -- than to attack the
attackers, who might even attack back!"
http://www.clarionproject.org/news/turkish-govt-aligned-news-outlets-blame-victims-paris-attack
Islamist AKP-aligned news outlets first labelled Charlie Hebdo as a
magazine that insulted Mohammed, then blamed the victims for the
attack.
Thu, January 8, 2015
French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira near the Paris offices of
Charlie Hebdo yesterday (Photo: (c) Reuters)
Related Stories
Paris Massacre Demands Worldwide Rejection of Lone Wolf Theory
Egypt's El-Sisi Makes Historic Solidarity Visit to Coptic Church
Turkish FM: Hamas Leader Welcome to Relocate in Turkey
Paris: Islamists Kill 12 in Attack on French Satire Magazine
Headlines
Turkey's Gov't-Aligned News Blame Victims in Paris Attack
Egypt's El-Sisi Makes Historic Solidarity Visit to Coptic Church
Dr. Widad Akrawi: Bridging the Gaps Between Cultures
Turkish FM: Hamas Leader Welcome to Relocate in Turkey
Turkish and regional Islamist newspapers have blamed the satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo ("Charlie Weekly") for the attacks against it
yesterday. Islamists and jihadists all over the world rejoiced over
the attack, flocked to online forums and sharing their glee on social
media.
The assault on the magazine, the worst terrorist attack in France in
50 years, killed 10 journalists and two policemen. Those murdered were
staff of the magazine who had been holding their weekly editorial
meeting at the time.
It has been reported that the jihadists targeted specific cartoonists.
Among those killed was the magazine's chief editor Stephane
Charbonnier and three of France's most famous cartoonists: Jean Cabut,
George Wolinski and Bernard Verlhac.
One of the terrorists, aged 18, turned himself in to the French
authorities. He gave the names of the other attackers, two brothers --
Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34 -- to the police. The manhunt
for the two continues.
Paris was shaken this morning by another apparent terror attack when a
policewoman was shot in the southwestern suburb of Montrouge by a man
with an automatic rifle. The policewoman has since died of her wounds.
The attack has not been definitively connected to yesterday's
shooting.
Following the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Yeni Akit, a Turkish daily
newspaper with ties to the ruling Islamist AK party, ran the headline
"Attack on The Magazine that Provoked Muslims."
Another pro-AKP party paper, the Turkiye Gazetesi, ran the headline
"Attack on the Magazine that Insulted Our Master the Prophet." After
it received heavy criticism on social media, the magazine changed
their headline to "Attack on the magazine that published ugly cartoons
of our prophet."
By contrast Turkiye Gazetesi's English-language website ran the
headline "American Muslims Condemn Paris Attack on Charlie Hebdo" this
morning. Yet inside the article, the same sentiment as in the article
in Turkish is evident. The first sentence moves straight onto
Charlie's Hebdo's "history of publishing unflattering depictions of
the Prophet Muhammad."
This should not come as a surprise. Turkey's foreign minister said
yesterday that terrorist Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was welcome to
move to Turkey should he leave Qatar, where he has been based, despite
Turkey's official status as a NATO ally.
As reported by the Daily Caller, Egyptian newspaper Shorouk said in
its headline that Charlie Hebdo had "A history of insulting the
prophet, ending in fire."
These papers are all implying that the writers and cartoonists at
Charlie Hebdo brought the terrorist attack on themselves by exercising
freedom of expression.
At the same time, many Western media outlets have decided not to
publish Charlie Hebdo's cartoons so as not to upset Muslims. CNN's
Editorial Director Richard Griffith sent an internal memo reading, "We
are not at this time showing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet
considered offensive by many Muslims."
Several Western media outlets explained the motive of the ruthless
murderers by saying that they were provoked.
As Douglas Murray wrote for the Gatestone Institute, "The press was
already blaming the victims. Commentators on CNN opined thatCharlie
Hebdo had been "provoking Muslims" for some time. Perhaps they assume
that it is easier to force good people to keep quiet, or keep their
own media offices from being attacked, than to tackle to the problem
of Islamic extremism head-on. It is easier blame Geert Wilders, Ayaan
Hirsi Ali, Lars Hedegaard, Suzanne Winters, Salman Rushdie or Charlie
Hebdo -- and even put some of them on trial -- than to attack the
attackers, who might even attack back!"
http://www.clarionproject.org/news/turkish-govt-aligned-news-outlets-blame-victims-paris-attack