Charlie Hebdo (Photo : www.washingtonpost.com)
Charlie Hebdo is planning to print 3 million of next issue's copy with Muhammad on the cover. The French satirical weekly magazine will be using Prophet Muhammad on the cover with the message of forgiveness from staff and writers who survived the gruesome attack on Jan. 7, killing 12 people by two angry Islamic brothers for showing images of the prophet, according to Aljazeera America.
Gérard Biard, today's editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo, disclosed that the magazine shall feature a teary cartoon image of the Prophet Muhammad holding a sign saying "Je Suis Charlie" with a caption "Tout est pardonne," or in English, "All is forgiven." The message does not mean that Muhammed forgives the people but on the contrary, it is the people who forgive, reported Fox News.
"It is we who forgive, not Muhammad," Biard told France Info.
The print media has increased their publication from its usual 65,000 copies per issue to 3 million due to the attack. Four of their top cartoonists were among the victims together with the Editorial Director Stéphane Charbonnier, and few contributors. They will be releasing millions of copy print run in several foreign languages.
Next issues copy shall be a memorial edition to the fallen workers of the magazine and to voice out that their satirical goals have not been shaken.
A mock-up copy of the cover shown by the French newspaper Libération on Jan. 12, Monday, two days ahead of the magazine's release on Wednesday.
Charlie Hebdo has had two terrorist attacks, in 2011 and 2015, due to its publishing controversial Muhammad cartoons parodies.
French authorities said that about six more members of the cell involved in these attacks are still at large. The biggest demonstration in the history of France was seen last Sunday as people came out and joined the freedom of expression in the city of Paris.
