Tehran’s Armenians Rap Charlie Hebdo’s Insulting Cartoon

Tasnim News Agency, Iran
Jan 19 2015

Tehran’s Armenians Rap Charlie Hebdo’s Insulting Cartoon

January 19, 2015 – 19:21

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Armenian Diocese of Tehran condemned French
weekly Charlie Hebdo for printing an insulting cartoon of Islam’s holy
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Speaking in a cultural ceremony in Iran’s capital on Monday, Sahak
Khosravian, representative of the Archbishop of Armenian church in
Tehran, lashed out at the French satirical magazine for its
sacrilegious move.

“The Armenian Diocese of Tehran, for its part, condemns such a move.
We condemn insults to any dear prophet as a shameful action, and hope
that such moves would not occur anywhere in the world,” Khosravian
stressed.

The French magazine has repeatedly aroused Muslim ire by publishing
cartoons mocking holy Prophet Muhammad.

Known for its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, as well as critical
depictions of other religions and French politicians, the magazine
regularly stirred controversy.

The Wednesday’s edition of Charlie Hebdo, which sold millions of
copies, shows a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad holding a “Je suis
Charlie”(“I am Charlie”) sign, a slogan widely used following the
January 7 attack on the magazine.