Charlie Hebdo issue coming out in English, Arabic, Turkish

This week's post-attack edition of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will be made available in six languages including English, Arabic and Turkish, the chief editor said Jan. 13.
      
Only the French, Italian and Turkish versions will be printed, however, while the other three -- English, Spanish and Arabic -- will be offered in electronic form, editor-in-chief Gerard Biard told a Paris news conference. A Charlie Hebdo columnist, Patrick Pelloux, had previously said the edition would be available in 16 languages.

The cover of Charlie Hebdo since its staff were murderously attacked by Islamist gunmen last week shows a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad crying and holding up a "Je suis Charlie" sign under the words: "All is forgiven."

The front page was released to media ahead of the magazine's publication on Jan. 13. Three million copies of the special "survivors' edition" are being printed and will be made available in 25 countries, translated into 16 languages because of international demand.

Worldwide sympathy and "Je Suis Charlie" solidarity rose up around Charlie Hebdo in the wake of the attack against it last Jan. 7, in which 12 people were killed including five of its top cartoonists.

But the magazine's fresh caricature of Muhammad could renew fury by some extremely devout Muslims who believe it is forbidden to depict their prophet in any way.

The two gunmen who attacked Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris last Jan. 7 said as they left the scene that they had "avenged the Prophet Muhammad."

The staff first started receiving death threats in 2006 when they republished cartoons by a Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, that had triggered violent riots in some Muslim countries.

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