'Now cry Paris!'

Thus wrote an Islamist columnist after the attacks in the French capital. In a related story, his newspaper used the word terror in quotation marks, clearly implying that it disagreed that the attacks in Paris were acts of terror.

In 2012, American satire news site The Onion published a drawing in which cherished religious figures Moses, Jesus, Ganesh and Buddha were depicted engaging in a lascivious sex act of considerable depravity. The Onion?s headline read: ?No One Murdered Because of This Image.?

The story went on to say: ?After the publication of the image above ... no one was murdered, beaten or had their lives threatened, sources reported. The image ... reportedly went online at 6:45 p.m. after which not a single bomb threat was made against the organization responsible, nor did the person who created the cartoon go home fearing for his life in any way. ? Though some members of the Jewish, Christian, Hindu and Buddhist faiths were reportedly offended by the image, sources confirmed that upon seeing it, they simply shook their heads, rolled their eyes and continued on with their day.?

The Turkish reply came without much delay. The Onion?s Turkish equivalent, Zaytung, published a story titled ?Video Showing [then] Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an Eating Beef Causes Havoc in India.?

The story went on: ?Violent reactions among Hindus have worsened after a video showing Erdo?an eating one and a half portions of ?skender [beef döner with fried butter, tomato sauce and yoghurt] was uploaded onto YouTube.

?Thousands demonstrated in front of the Turkish Embassy in New Delhi and the Turkish Consulate in Mumbai. Turkish diplomatic personnel have been relocated to safe-houses.

?It was not certain who uploaded the...